Screen Shot.

[ringway]

Hi,

Even though I've used a pc for many years I still don't know how to copy and save the live screen (Screen Shot).

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Regards,

Paul.

 

[A210AMG]

Control then Print screen (hold both down)

Open word or notepad

Right click and paste..


If its a Mac.....not sure...

 

[LTD]

Easiest way (assuming you are using Win) is to :

Open Paint and minimise to taskbar
Once you are at the screen you wish to capture - press the 'Print Screen' button on your keyboard.
Bring up Paint by clicking on the taskbar button
Press 'control-v' or 'paste' from the edit menu on the application. It may tell you the image is bigger - answer yes to this.

If it's a Mac

Use Firefox and the Screengrab application.

 

[renault12ts]

Wow, it works, I didn't know that!! Thanks.

 

[recycled]

you don't need to hold down the control button. print screen does it ok

 

[BTB 500]

Actually ... PrintScreen captures the entire Windows desktop. Alt/PrintScreen captures just the active window, which I think is what the OP was asking for?

 

[recycled]

true

 

[jpwilliams]

you don't need to hold down the control button. print screen does it ok

Thank you very much.One learns something new every day.

Regards

 

[davidjpowell]

or use the tool called snipping tool in windows accessories if on vista

 

[jonnyboy]

i use some software called gadwin printscreen. free download and fully automated, with its own folder. google it?

 

[whizzkid11]

Although mission accomplished and PrtScrn does it - if you need to use it regularly you may want to get yourself Microsoft OneNote or SnagIt. Very handy tools with more functionality than just screen capture.

 

[ringway]

i use some software called gadwin printscreen. free download and fully automated, with its own folder. google it?

Thanks Jonnyboy.

I have just used this valuable tool in a disputed web transaction.

LINK to Gadwin Web Snapshot site.

Easy to install and use.

 

[crockers]

Is there a short cut for this on the Mac? Besides the firefox route mentioned above. Just a screen print.

 

[gaz_l]

To capture the whole screen: Command+Shift+3. The screen dump is saved straight to the desktop as a file called "Picture 1" (or 2, 3..)

To capture an area of the screen: Command+Shift+4. The cursor will change to a crosshair. Drag and drop to select the area to capture. Saves to the desktop as above.

To capture a window: Command+Shift+4, then press space. The cursor changes to a camera icon. Click on the desired window to capture. Saves to the desktop as above.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[BTB 500]

Just as an aside ... if you're sending a screen shot to anyone, paste it into a Word document first and send them that rather than the raw image.

Word compresses images, so the document containing the screen shot will be a fraction of the original image file size.

I routinely get sent raw 10 Mb screen shots by users who can't follow the above advice, and it's not funny ... particularly when people start forwarding/replying!

 

[gaz_l]

OS X saves the screen dump as a PNG file, so it'll be compressed anyway - a quick check on a dump from my one (1440 x 900 x 24 BPP) should give a 31 MB native file, this packed down into a 404KB PNG - much more manageable.

Doing it through Windows Paint and saving as a BMP file (the default setting, IIRC) will result in a huuuuuge file as BTB says. I believe you can save down as a JPG file from Paint though.. useful for those of us who prefer not to use Word

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[BTB 500]

Doing it through Windows Paint and saving as a BMP file (the default setting, IIRC) will result in a huuuuuge file as BTB says. I believe you can save down as a JPG file from Paint though.. useful for those of us who prefer not to use Word

Yup a compressed jpg would be fine. Most of my users wouldn't know about stuff like that though, so telling them to paste into Word is a lot easier!

They don't use Paint currently - just 'Printscreen' to capture to the clipboard, then edit/paste to insert as an embedded image into Outlook.

Most have 2 or 3 monitors, so an image of the whole desktop is HUGE. Even getting them to use alt/Printscreen would help, but that's a bit complex

 

[gaz_l]

Most of my users wouldn't know about stuff like that though, so telling them to paste into Word is a lot easier!

Good point..

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[HughJarse]

Or you cold tell/ask them to right click on the file to be sent, then choose the route of send by email. This will automatically ask you whether you want to make the file smaller for an email transaction.

 

[Brian WH]

Actually ... PrintScreen captures the entire Windows desktop. Alt/PrintScreen captures just the active window, which I think is what the OP was asking for?

That doesn't work on my computer????