bobover3 (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:03 pm If you have either Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can use the Microsoft Snipping Tool. This is a wonderful bit of software that lets you select any area of your screen (rectangle, free form, etc.) and then copy and save it. With Snipping Tool, it's almost effortless to save screen shots as pictures and insert them in documents or e-mails. Highly recommended.

thank you

my new CPU will have, windows 7

I will look for snip it.

Thanks again

Moi

I used Screen Shot program for several years but they don't have a Vista compatible version. Have had to get along without it for a year. Didn't realize that it was included with Vista. Thanks for the information.

Prudence (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:10 am Press the PRINT SCREEN key to capture the screen.

After you have done this, go into Paint, and do a PASTE.

actually it is control + shift + print screen all at the same time...this captures the whole monitor screen at one time then go into your favorite photo program then create a new doc (photoshop will automatically create to the size in memory) then paste...note you might want to then use crop to reduce the size down to just the part you want.

I use a freeware program called SnapNDrag for the mac. you just click on the program draw a box around what part of the screen you want and it creates a JPG file which you just drag to where you want to keep it.

Good grief, most of the comments on that site! I don't suppose they'd make them face to face.

IbPervert (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:34 pm actually it is control + shift + print screen all at the same time...this captures the whole monitor screen at one time then go into your favorite photo program then create a new doc (photoshop will automatically create to the size in memory) then paste...note you might want to then use crop to reduce the size down to just the part you want.

Just the Print Screen key by itself will do that in Windows. No need to hold down ctrl+shift. It isn't going to hurt if you do hold down those keys (it will still work), but you don't HAVE to. Try it without holding down ctrl+shift, you'll see it still works.

You can also hold down ALT and press PrintScreen to capture just the current Window (instead of the whole screen).

Another really interesting thing you can do with the PrintScreen key is toggle between "Standard" and "High Contrast" mode (which is good for those with poor eyesight -- but will drive most other people nuts). To do this, hold down ALT and SHIFT then press PRINTSCREEN. Do that again to turn it off.

Here are two websites with basic info on this subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_screen

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic7.htm

Also, These two websites contain a list of these and other "keyboard shortcuts". Totally overkill for this particular thread... But some very useful information:

http://www.pctoday.com/Editorial/articl ... .asp&guid=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_k ... _shortcuts

The second one (Wikipedia) covers Windows, Mac, and Linux.

(it is a huge list of all -- or at least most -- known keyboard shortcuts).

bobover3 (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:03 pm If you have either Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can use the Microsoft Snipping Tool. This is a wonderful bit of software that lets you select any area of your screen (rectangle, free form, etc.) and then copy and save it. With Snipping Tool, it's almost effortless to...

Hmm... Microsoft Snipping Tool... If you think about that name from a different perspective, it could be some fuel for a story here.

Yes, I suspect the programmer is a member of EA. With the Snipping Tool, you could easily excise the interesting bits of any image. In an electronic universe, the MST would be the Great Castrator. Thanks! I'll never use the Tool again without thinking of your witty post.