Have you ever wanted to capture the scree image in front of you for reference

or perhaps to send to a friend?

Did you think you needed special software?

It is very easy.

With the image you require on the screen, press the Print Screen key.

Open the MS Paint utility.

Start/Progams/Accessories/Paint

Paste the image to Paint with Cntl V

Then save the image in the required format.

I suggest .jpg as .bmp is rather large.

Edited December 13, 200520 yr by astral

window capture = alt + print screen

yes I like this one too. I press print screen and then paste in Word usually, as it is easy to resize and print out

paint_ex.bmp

paint_ex.bmp

In Paint use the File > Save As and select JPEG for the type and use the extension .jpg at the end of the file name. This makes for a much smaller file. Then use the standard upload Attachment of this image to the post.

nice trick.. i never knew about this one, thanks Astral..