What is the Snapshot Feature?

Soda PDF Desktop

Area Snapshot

The snapshot tool is a way to accurately take a screenshot of an area of your PDF. 

• Open the View Tab.
• Click Snapshot. 
• Select Area Snapshot.

• Select an area you’d like to copy. 

When you release your mouse button, the item will be copied to your computer’s clipboard. To learn more about copying/pasting click here. 

• Select the Show in Folder option to open a folder with the snapshot made.
• Select the Open as PDF option to convert your snapshot to PDF and open it in the Soda PDF program.
• Save As option allows you to specify a name and location for the snapshot to be saved.

You can also find your snapshot in the Snapshot section.

• Click the three dots on any snapshot to access a set of the following options.

The Area Snapshot tool is also available in the context menu when your application is in the View mode. 

• Right-click anywhere on the document and select Take Snapshot in the context menu.
  
  

Page Snapshot

The Page Snapshot feature will let you capture the contents of an entire page so that you can paste it as an image elsewhere. This will work with pages of any size.

• Open the View Tab.
• Click Snapshot.
• Select Page Snapshot.

The page will be copied to your computer’s clipboard. To learn more about copying/pasting click here. 

• Select the Show in Folder option to open a folder with the snapshot made.
• Select the Open as PDF option to convert your snapshot to PDF and open it in the Soda PDF program.
• Save As option allows you to specify a name and location for the snapshot to be saved.

You can also find your snapshot in the Snapshot section.

• Click the three dots on any snapshot to access a set of the following options.

Soda PDF Online

Soda PDF Online does not install onto your computer directly. It is accessed within a web browser. This feature is unavailable in Soda PDF Online. We are actively looking for a way to bring it to our web application, once available we will update this article.