Screen capturing method for InDesign files

Does anyone know the best method for taking screen captures for an InDesign file. I've tried a number of ways but am not please with the resolution I'm getting. The way I've done it thus far is capture the screen (with Print Screen), then crop off what I don't need in Photoshop. Then I save it as a .GIF and place it into InDesign. The .GIF ends up becoming twice the size of what it was as a .psd and the resolution isn't there. Do I need to use Snag It instead of what I'm doing? Would that help any?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Robyn

A while back I needed a good OCR scanning program so I bought ABBYY Reader. With this program they included a program called ABBYY Screenshot reader. I believe you can buy this as a standalone program if you do not need the OCR reader.
The screenshot capture can be used to capture any portion of a screen. It sits on top of whatever page you have open and you just use the tool and draw a frame around anything you wish to capture. Then you can choose several options on what format you want to sve it as. Like .pdf, .jpg, .tiff, .doc, .xls and several more. If you have the OCR program you can also save it as an editable screenshot. The OCR in ABBYY reader is probably one of the best in the world if not THE best.
I believe you can get a free trial to see how it works and also get lower pricing on specific modules depending on what you need.

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