How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop in Windows
OK, I kept seeing desktop screen shots everywhere and I kept thinking that I really REALLY should know how to do this. The friend I usually go to for these titbits has a Mac….yep. That does not take me very far on my PC…so why do i go to her? Because she is brilliant at figuring out SL and other cool gadgets.
Anyway, I finally did what I should have done gazillions of years ago: googling. And here is the 10 steps to an active window screen shot.
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Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 minute
Here’s How:
- Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. It may be labeled [PrtScn].
- Open an image editing program, such as Microsoft Paint.
- Go to the Edit menu and choose Paste.
- If prompted to enlarge the image, choose Yes.
- Optional: Use your image editor’s crop tool to crop out unnecessary portions of the screen shot.
- Go to the File Menu and choose Save As.
- Navigate to the folder where you want to save the image.
- Type a file name for the image.
- Select a file type.
- Click the Save button.
(source: http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm)
And you can get the short video tutorial here: http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/WinXPScreenshot-mov.–8z.htm
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I love it when learning something is that simple.
