Thanks very much to Ashraf/SOS and ZD Soft. I’ve tried many different screen recorder programs and this is by far my favorite. Does all I need and a bit more. Be sure to set up Hot Keys (or at least look at the default settings), they let you start/stop recording, show/hide the main interface box, show/hide the green border that lets you select the screen area to record. Editing (trimming) is very handy and gives good control over the cut points – fast also. Timed start/stop. Many more goodies.
Just a thought: it would be cool to have a “donation” button. We get this program for free right now but if there was a way to send the developers $5, I would probably do that for this and several other programs offered on SOS. Usually the full price of a program is more than I can afford or justify, but in bite size chunks the developers might make more money here than they would from full-price sales.