Screen Shots

by David Garcia
President, Little Blue PC Club, Northglenn, Colorado
From the October, 2005 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter

Have you ever wanted to print out what you see on your monitor screen? This is called a "Screenshot," and there are several software packages on the market that allow you to do just that with various degrees of sophistication. If you don't need that sophistication, you can easily use Windows to get a screenshot. Just follow these instructions:
  1. Press the Print Screen Key (PrtScr) on the keyboard.
  2. Click Start, then click Run.
  3. Type "mspaint" (without the quotes) in the Run box and click OK.
  4. In Paint, click Paste in the Edit menu
  5. Click Print Preview in the File menu. If the screenshot is cut off, you may want to change the printer setting to print in Landscape mode.
  6. Click Print and close Paint. You're done!

You can also save the file if you like:

  1. Click "Save" in the File menu
  2. Browse to the folder you want to save the file in so that the folder name is in the "Save In" box.
  3. Type a file name for the screenshot; use JPG in the "Save as Type" box and click Save.

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