ClaroCapture Windows Version 5.1 released January 2021

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Lead Developer Nathan Dewhurst

Product Manager Stuart Marsden

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Version 6

Under Development

• New and improved interface: more responsive and fast, but keeping the familiar and intuitive layout and style.
• Improved management of references and sources.
• Improved compatibility with Claro Writing Helper.

Version 5

Version 5.1 released 4 January 2021.

• Capture highlighted text from Adobe PDF files – capture straight from ClaroPDF Windows and sort according to the highlight colour so you can quickly analyse and collect your sources, great for study and writing.
• New ribbon interface. Provides modern appearance similar to Microsoft Office that’s easier and more fun to use.
• New minibar that stays out of the way as you read and work, but lets you capture with a click easily whenever you want.
• ClaroCapture handles your sources better: it records where you made a capture and lets you open it again more easily.
• Old-fashioned System Tray (notification area) icon removed, now access ClaroCapture easily straight from the Taskbar with Quick Access shortcuts.

• Screen Capture now works in multi-screen environments.

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Version 4

Version 4.0.5 released 10 December 2017.

• Capture text out of images, pictures and other graphics on the screen (e.g. Google Books) with OCR. Requires ClaroRead to be installed.
• Capture straight from clipboard.
• Save to RTF (rich text format) to allow ClaroCapture projects to be used in other programs (e.g. OpenOffice)

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Version 3

Version 3.0.44 released 21 August 2016

• Fixed bugs when project filename has a space in it.

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Version 3

Version 3.0.33 released 10 October 2015

• Fixed helpfiles opening on non-English versions.

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Version 3

Version 3.0.31 released 21 April 2015

• Bugfixes.

Version 3

Version 3 released 7 April 2013

• Supports dragging and dropping items into the capture list.
• Capturing from Firefox and Chrome now also captures the address of the current web page, just like it does in Internet Explorer.

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Version 2

Version 2 released 3 August 2011

• • Image capturing
    • Works when capturing from Word or WordPad, from Internet Explorer you have to manually drag in the picture.
  • Screengrabs – captures an area of the screen as a picture. Capture > Capture screen section.
  • Undo/redo on edit menu – can undo/redo adding, deleting, moving, in/outdenting and typing in items.
  • Export in a format to create a bibliography in Word 2007. Switch on Settings > Exporting > Create bibliography in Word.
  • Export to Word and create a Table of Contents. Switch on Settings > Exporting > Create table of contents in Word.
  • Choose to export items headings or not. Settings > Exporting > Export item headings
  • Add blank new item. Allows users to drag in or paste their own text/files/pictures. File > New Item.
  • Audio Notes – allow you you add an audio note to each item. Item’s More button > Audio note > Record/Play/Stop/Save/Delete.

• Subitems – indent or outdent items, one level. Item’s More button > Indent/Outdent.
• If capturing from a saved Word document, ClaroCapture now records the file’s path as the Source (in version 1 it only remembered website addresses from Internet Explorer).
• System Tray icon allows you to use ClaroCapture from the system tray.
• Can export project to the new mindmapping program from Claro, ClaroIdeas. Sent project to.. > ClaroIdeas (if installed)
• If you’ve captured highlighted text from Word and you export the project to Word or Powerpoint the colours are exported too.
• You can set which action the Capture button performs by default. Settings > Capture button default action
• New item keyboard shortcuts:
  • Ctrl + Tab = Indent
  • Ctrl + Shift + Tab = Outdent
  • Ctrl + Delete = Delete item
  • Ctrl + Shift + Home = Move to top
  • Ctrl + Shift + PgUp = Move up
  • Ctrl + Shift + PgDown = Move down
  • Ctrl + Shift + End = Move to bottom
  • Ctrl + R = Record audio note
  • Ctrl + P = Play audio note
  • Ctrl + Esc = Stop playing audio note
  • Ctrl + Return = View source

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This page was last updated on 18th March 2021.