[jfriedlund]

I've noticed some of the replies here are very helpful because they will show a screen shot, how do you do that?

[MightyQueenC]

You may have a key on your keyboard that says: Prt Scr
Click it and then open a program like MS Paint and paste it there.
To get a close shot of a particular item on your screen, press Prt Scr and alt at the same time.
Once you have them in MS Paint, click save as from the file menu, then save it to your C: documents > pictures.
When you want to post it here (for example), Type your reply, then scroll down to manage attachments. A window will open, then click browse for your screen shot picture, select it, by clicking on it, then open, then you'll be returned to the attachment window, click upload, then close window. When you post your reply, the attachment will be there. (It won't show in the preview post)
Good luck

Carolyn

[jfriedlund]

Thanks,

[THoey]

BTW, the difference between just a Print Screen and an ALT-Print Screen is that the first does the entire screen and the ALT version does the active window.

But, Queenie is correct and very helpful...

[agpilot]

Hi THoey and everyone.
THat Alt-Print Screen didn't do it for me and my Win98SE..
Yes I held the Alt key down untill Print Screen was pressed.. no luck. It took the whole screen image.. not just the active window..

It may be the software program I was running? That would have been handy since I save many bmp views every day. I now use Grabzilla to capture the active window and save.

Thanks Agpilot

[EAFiedler]

And saving the screen shot as a .jpg instead of a .bmp will result in a smaller file size, which I am sure TechGuy will appreciate!

[paqrat]

agpilot, make sure you are actually in an active window when you hit the button, sometimes I think the top window is active but it isn't until I click inside of it.