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A Utility That Feeds Your Kleptomania

This capture utility easily grabs text and graphics from anywhere on your screen.

By Stacey Oziel, PCWorld   

Caught in the Web

This version of Kleptomania offers some handy Web interactivity, as well. When you highlight an e-mail address, you can ask Kleptomania to start your default e-mail program, creating an e-mail message addressed to that recipient. When highlighting a URL, you can choose to have the program open your default Web browser, and send you to that particular Web page. When you're copying text, a dialog box offers you the option to send a selected word or phrase to one of several popular Internet search engines--AltaVista, Excite, Deja, or Yahoo.

Version 2.1 also accommodates small serif fonts, such as Times 8 and MS Serif 8, and it can capture lines of text that contain multiple colors, fonts, and styles. However, you're limited to capturing only what's visible on a single screen; if you try to capture a long document that requires you to scroll, you're better off using Ctrl-C to copy the text to the Clipboard.

Kleptomania 2.1 is available from the Structu Rise Web site, and you can download a free 21-day trial copy. Kleptomania has a few minor quirks, but if you're constantly cutting and pasting between Windows programs, you'll be pleased with the efficiency and added functionality of this utility.

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