Screen capture

The screen-capture tool builds a PDF from pages displayed in another application — for example a reader or viewer that only shows one page at a time. You pick a window, mark the area to capture, and PDFBook collects the pages into a new document.

How it works

1. Open the Screen capture tool from the Creator.
2. Choose the window (or whole screen) you want to capture.
3. Draw the rectangle around the page area. For two-page spreads you can mark a left and right region so both pages are cut from the same shot.
4. Start the capture. PDFBook brings the target window to the front and takes each shot.

The pages are assembled into a PDF you can save to your library.

Automatic page turning

On Windows, PDFBook can turn the page in the target app for you between shots by sending a key press (such as the arrow or page-down key), so a long document can be captured in one run. Set the page-turn key and the delay between pages to match the app you’re capturing from.

Note

Automatic page turning relies on a platform feature that is available on Windows. On macOS and Linux you can still capture pages — turn the page yourself between shots.

Stopping a capture

Press Esc at any time to stop a running capture, even if the PDFBook window is in the background.