How often have you had to include data — name, address, and the like — in a screen capture? Usually, you make up the information but it can look a bit fake. Or, to make the data seem real world you use client information from a database. If you do the latter, and it stays in the final version of the documentation there could be trouble.

But what can you do? Well, Ben Minson offers some good tips on how not to include confidential data in screen captures.

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1. Use screen captures sparingly
2. On screen capture software
3. A quick look at Linux screen capture tools