How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop or the Active W

by **jkakashi01** Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:50 pm

You want to capture a screenshot of your desktop but your screenshot capture program is already expired or you don't have any screenshot at all?
Have you ever pressed the PrtScn (print screen) key on your Windows keyboard and wondered why it was there since it never seemed to do anything? Well, it does do something! It copies an image of your screen onto the "clipboard," ready to paste into any graphics program. These steps show you how to use it along with Windows' standard image editor, Microsoft Paint, to save an image of your screen.

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.

TIPS:

Hold the Alt key down while pressing Print Screen to capture only the active window.
Generally the GIF format works best when saving screen shots of application windows. The JPEG format usually makes screen shots (especially those with text) blurry, blotchy and discolored.
The Windows " clipboard" is a term used to describe the temporary storage space in memory where an item is placed when you copy or cut. When you paste, the item is transferred to the program you're working in. If you copy something else, the old item is replaced with the new. You can't navigate to or manipulate the clipboard directly; it's only used for copy and paste operations.
If you have windows Vista, you can capture screen shots much more easily using the Snipping Tool included with Vista.

Now you can save screenshots of your desktop without any screenshot program... jive

by **bafaa-miyaru** Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:56 pm

Great post, though its not so new

by **jkakashi01** Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:59 pm

yes bro it might be old, but it is still very helpful esp. to those who don't have screenshot program. they don't have to download for the program anymore...hehehe... Very Happy

by **bafaa-miyaru** Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:11 pm

Didnt mean so I just said it's available in the HELP&SUPPORT centre of almost all pc

by **jkakashi01** Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:46 pm

yes bro, but some members may not know about it. thanks anyway...

by **prince_force** Mon May 19, 2008 12:31 pm

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by **d3s3rt_force** Mon May 19, 2008 4:04 pm

thank you for the information

by **jh0s3ph** Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:53 am

Well explained and understo0d,thanks for the inf0rmati0n br0 jka thumbs up

by **luv.inspecta** Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:10 pm

nice informative post ... keep up the great share..!

by **purple_gie** Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:41 pm

Got it and i try it! Tnx 4 d info!

God bless us all!

by **unfeigned_force** Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:30 am

great ! ill try it and hope it will be a success.thanx for the info

by **hapl82oo9_force** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:49 pm

tHaNkS fOr ShARiNg KAkA mOrE pOwEr And gOd SpEed. have a nice day

by **wizard_hacker** Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:40 am

Sa mga tamad naman at puro softwares ang gamit, heto printscreen software na pwede nyo gamitin for free of charge. Kiss lang kay wizard_hacker tama na wiw Smile