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Posted by hobals on 31-Dec-2011 17:30 Report
screen shot?
Hi
I think it's called a screen shot?
I want to get a copy of EXACTLY what is on my screen- and I have zero idea how to do this

if someone could help & explain as if I was a 80 year old ( not a 10 year old- as they'd probably know- ha ha )
I am not computer savvy-  I need to copy a few things and need the entire page copied etc
this is difficult when there's something open etc

thanks in advance for your help
cheers :-)
 
Replied by spade on 31-Dec-2011 17:39 (Ref 2326710) Report

There should be a key that says 'print screen', press that and whatever is on the screen at that moment is copied to the clipboard, you can then go to your PAINT' programme which can be found in your start menu, accessories and paste it in there then save it to wherever you want. Be aware however that it will only capture what you can see, if there is more on the screen that requires scrolling up or down it will not capture it
Replied by cezm on 31-Dec-2011 17:41 (Ref 2326711) Report
Hi

This is how I do it ...

I open a new page on Word (I think you may be able to do the same with Paint), then minimise it.

Go to the page you want to take a 'shot' of - press the Prt Scr button on your keyboard - mine is next to the F12 key.

Maximise Word again and press Ctrl V (or right mouse click and paste). The shot ahould now be in your Word document.
Replied by echo333 on 31-Dec-2011 18:02 (Ref 2326713) Report
I use the 'Alt' key and press Print Screen.
Then I open Irfan - it comes up with a black screen.
Then press Control V and it pastes into Irfan.
Save or save as whatever you want to call it.
This all depends if you have Irfan loaded :)
Replied by crystaltuner on 31-Dec-2011 18:38 (Ref 2326733) Report
Hobals
Are you using windows 7?
If so there is a tool in accessories for exactly that
Its called 'snipping' and saves in the same program.
Sooo easy to use
Let me know if you need any help
Happy New Year

Crystal
Replied by richbartim on 31-Dec-2011 19:31 (Ref 2326758) Report
lol I'm laughing because I just found out I have a "print screen SysRq " key on my keyboard I also have one I thought had Fu..but no it is F11.
just goes to show, I use this keyboard every day have done for about 7 years and never noticed that button ..lol. now I know where it is and what to use it for.
Replied by hobals on 31-Dec-2011 20:08 (Ref 2326761) Report
Thanks so much for your help :-)  REALLY APPRECIATED

I know I have seen the print screen before- I fifn't realise it was "that"  and I know how to do the clt & V thingy
I will try both and see which one feels "comfortable"  to me
Thanks again - as it has REALLU helped me out :-)
take care

ps
I have vista ( yuxk ! )
Replied by hobals on 31-Dec-2011 20:15 (Ref 2326762) Report
OMG- My dog - Anna- has ripped my sofa open - Bot great !
Have no idea how to fix this - OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I want to SCREAM
Grrrrrrrrrrrr
Better run- have to do "something" - what- I have no idea ( and this is not a cheap thing- I wish it was the old one & not a new thing- jealous of the new dog???


what to do ????
gotta go......
Replied by rogespeed on 01-Jan-2012 22:32 (Ref 2327004) Report
Hi , once you master the Windows screen print , you might want to try a more fancy screen print tool that can enable you to nominate an area to save in a few file formats

 http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm
Replied by hobals on 02-Jan-2012 09:30 (Ref 2327035) Report
I did it :-) yeah
but it's REALLY SMALL on the page (  headache from sofa- still a mess)

can I make it bigger? 
without having to change the 100% to 200% type of thing after opening the page?

I've got to copy a screen to print it for legal reasons - to prove something - so this is important it takes up the full page etc :-)
and can be read

will this copy  - example: if I open an email and oopen the options- there's

cheers:-)
Replied by maryvalecomputers on 02-Jan-2012 10:01 (Ref 2327046) Report
can I make it bigger? 
without having to change the 100% to 200% type of thing after opening the page?

The screenshot will be the resolution that your monitor is set to, e.g. 1024x768, 1440x900.
For a 1024x768 resolution, this will give a graphic on paper that is 271mm x 203mm. Standard A4 paper is 210mm × 297mm.

I don't think that taking a screenshot of the WHOLE desktop is the way to go as you will lose a lot of detail especially when printing to A4 paper. If you want to show something in detail, then you should use a screenshooting tool such as the one rogue suggested. That way you can take a shot of just the window containing the information you need to show. Some of these screenshooting tools also allow you to take shots of a web page. I'm just unsure what you are trying to show (I don't want to know what the stuff is you are trying to show, just trying to get an idea what you are trying to do)

Cheers
Bananas
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