# Arrows **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [April 25, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896 "2013-04-25T19:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/1 "2013-04-25T19:32:40Z")
I need to put arrows on some screenshots for users - e.g click this button etc. Does anyone know of a freeware program for doing this type of thing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/2 "2013-04-25T19:57:39Z")
If it’s just pasting little png/gif arrows, use the Gimp. Open the original, copy the arrow, export out to your favorite format. Couldn’t be much easier. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/3 "2013-04-25T21:10:24Z")
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:32:40 +0000, Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > I need to put arrows on some screenshots for users - e.g click this > button etc. Does anyone know of a freeware program for doing this type > of thing?[/color] Gimp, Inkscape - even Microsoft Paint could handle this. 🙂 Personally, I’d be inclined to use Inkscape, though if you use non-black arrows, there is a tweak to the SVG that has to be done to get the arrow heads to fill in with the line fill colour. You can import your screenshot image, draw SVG on top of it, and re- export as an image. ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/4 "2013-04-25T21:41:26Z")
Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > I need to put arrows on some screenshots for users - e.g click this > button etc. Does anyone know of a freeware program for doing this > type of thing?[/color] You could just position your mouse pointer to the appropriate place before taking the screenshot. – Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/5 "2013-04-26T05:08:23Z")
FastStone Capture, the free version. It can highlight, do arrows and all sorts of other things. It’s a screen capture program, but if you right click on the little toolbar, you get a menu where you can open any image file and then work on it from there. I use it all the time for genealogy images, to point things out in them when doing a write-up about them. [http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775](http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775) : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/6 "2013-04-26T15:43:37Z")
On 4/25/2013 12:32 PM, Arthur wrote:[color=blue] > I need to put arrows on some screenshots for users - e.g click this button > etc. Does anyone know of a freeware program for doing this type of thing? > > [/color] Change your mouse pointer to one of those giant ones and put it where it needs to point before you take the screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/arrows/23896/7 "2013-05-10T12:11:52Z")
Thanks everyone for the replies. Susan - this one works well. Thank you. “Susan” wrote in message [news:xn0ih8yd98p6h8001@nntp.novell.com](mailto:news:xn0ih8yd98p6h8001@nntp.novell.com)… FastStone Capture, the free version. It can highlight, do arrows and all sorts of other things. It’s a screen capture program, but if you right click on the little toolbar, you get a menu where you can open any image file and then work on it from there. I use it all the time for genealogy images, to point things out in them when doing a write-up about them. [http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775](http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775) : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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You’re welcome, Arthur! : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy)