screen shot how??

carole.uk

could someone explain in easy steps or direct me to an idiots guide on how to take screen shots on my computer. thanks

Whitefiver

If you want full-screen, just press "Print Scrn" button which copies an image to your clipboard.

Paste it into an image editor, or document and away you go.

If you just want the active window, hold down the "Alt" key and then press "Print Scrn".

If you want to get complicated, there are programs to do this for you, but simple works for me.

Regards,

White.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

you press the print screen key on top row, then open Paint, press ctrl + V, and edit.

spud17

For something a bit more flexible have a look here http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/
Its small and straight forward, even I can get it to work!

Stephen_Leak

I'm an ICT Technician, and I still use the good old Print Screen > Paint > Paste method. It works on any PC running Windows without any extra software, and never fails to impress the user (especially if you do it very quickly)!

f1charlie

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

Small program with lots of options for what you want to capture - full screen, active window, rectangular selection, freehand section - then allows you to add captions, etc. And it's free!

carole.uk

thanks everyone for the replys wil try out now

xio

If you have Vista, the Snipping Tool is excellent - much easier than using Print Screen and 3rd party apps:

http://techtalkblogs.com/blog/archive/2006/05/27/182.aspx