FuzzyDuck User Guide

Startup and appearance

When you start FuzzyDuck, the overall screen appearance does not change very much. When started, FuzzyDuck will be active and some visually affects can be noted. To be sure FuzzyDuck is active, look for the duck icon on the top-left corner of the transparent window; look for the dashed border line around the transparent window; look for the taskbar caption which should say "Active FuzzyDuck". If FuzzyDuck is not active, find the taskbar caption "Inactive FuzzyDuck", and click on it.

The FuzzyDuck window dimensions will initially be maximized, however if FuzzyDuck was moved or resized during a previous session, the previous dimensions will be retained.

Hotkeys

When in pen mode

Hold down the left mouse button to start drawing; move the mouse around to draw. Release the left mouse button to stop drawing. To restrict the drawing freedom to horizontal movement, hold the alt key down while drawing - this is useful when trying to highlight text.

When in rectangle mode

Hold down the left mouse button to start a new rectangle; move the mouse downwards and to the right to extend the rectangle size. Release the left mouse button to complete the rectangle.

To move the rectangle, hover the mouse over the top left corner of the rectangle, hold down the left mouse button, move and release the mouse button.

To resize the rectangle, hover the mouse over the bottom right corner of the rectangle, hold down the left mouse button, move and release the mouse button.

To edit the rectangle features, hover the mouse over the centre of the rectangle and click the left mouse button. The edit dialog provides ability to change the contained text, colors and border size or the rectangle.

When in delete mode

Hover the mouse cursor over an annotation until the annotation becomes shaded. Click the left mouse button to delete the shaded annotation under the mouse cursor.

When in capture mode

Hold down the left mouse button to start selecting the bounds for capture; move the mouse downwards and to the right to extend the rectangle size. Release the left mouse button to capture the screen image bounded by the dimensions of the rectangle.

If selected in the capture options, the following behaviour may be observed when capturing an image; a message appears to inform you what is happening, FuzzyDuck becomes inactive, the clipboard is populated with the image, a JPEG file is added to the capture folder, FuzzyDuck becomes active again.

When in any mode, you may move or resize the FuzzyDuck window

To move any border of the FuzzyDuck window, hover the mouse over the window border, hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse, release the left mouse button. You will notice that the FuzzyDuck window changes to a darker during this operation.

Known problems