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Capturing pages

Region & Visible-area Capture

Capture any region or the visible screen with Web Snapper — drag to select an area, then save it as PNG, searchable PDF, or clean Markdown.

Sometimes you don't want the whole page — just one chart, one paragraph, or whatever happens to be on screen right now. Web Snapper gives you two quick ways to grab exactly that.

Region capture

Dragging to select a region of a web page in Web Snapper before saving it
Drag to select any area, then save it in the format you need.
  1. Click the Web Snapper icon.
  2. Choose region capture.
  3. Drag to select the area you want.
  4. Save the selection.

A region capture isn't limited to an image. You can save the selected area as:

  • PNG — a clean image of just that region.
  • Searchable PDF — the region as a portable document with selectable text.
  • Markdown — the region converted to clean Markdown for your notes.

Use region capture when you want a specific part of the page and nothing else around it.

Visible-area capture

The visible-area screenshot is the fastest option: it captures exactly what's on your screen right now, in one click — no scrolling, no selecting.

  1. Click the Web Snapper icon.
  2. Choose the visible-area capture.
  3. Save the screenshot.

Reach for this when what you need already fits in the viewport and you just want it captured immediately.

Which one should I use?

  • Visible area — quickest grab of what's already on screen, as-is.
  • Region — when you want to trim down to one specific part of the page, and possibly export it as PDF or Markdown rather than an image.
  • Full page — when the content you need runs past the bottom of the screen. See Full-page Screenshots.

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