How do I take a screenshot?

Liverbird

Hi I need to take a screenshot and send it in an email. Can someone please help this untechie person.

[Deleted User]

Press PrintScreen on the top right of your keyboard.

Go to start > programs > accessories and click on Paint

In Paint, click Edit > Paste

Then File > Save As. Click the pulldown menu for Save as type and select JPEG File Interchangeable Format (*.JPG *.JPEG), enter a file name and save to a folder.

Then you can attach that through your mail program with the Staple icon.

BillScarab

Press the print screen key on your keyboard and then in the email click edit and then paste.

If you want to attach it then go into paint and paste it in there then save it and attach the saved file to the email.

The Print Screen key is usually to the right of the F12 key on a desktop keyboard, it might be different on a laptop.

Liverbird

Many thanks for the help... managed to do it!

softwaremad

as a bye the bye if you hold <alt> & <prt screen> you only picture the active screen so theres less work to be done on the editing side you can simply paste it in

FloFlo

Hi, I am following the instructions above. I have paint open I am pressing print screen on the web page I want but when I go into paint - edit - paste there is nothing to paste. What am I doing wrong? I have windows.

salerbil

alt prtscr then open word
ctrl v

Barny1979

Yep, ctrl and printscreen, then paste in paint application

f1charlie

Faststone Capture allows you to do all this (and more) in one program. The last free version was 5.2 and can be downloaded here:

http://www.oldapps.com/old_version_FSCapture.php

esuhl

If you want to save the screenshot as a JPEG instead of a bitmap, you can use a tiny, very simple program called 'Peg-It.

(JPEG files are a lot smaller than bitmaps due to compression - a bit like the difference between a ripped CD and an MP3)

'Peg-It allows you to paste the screenshot, and adjust the JPEG compression with a slider till you get the right quality. Handy if you are going to be emailing a number of images...

http://www.ravenblack.net/programs/