Screenshots: What is a screenshot? It is the 'photo image' of anything you have open on your desktop monitor. How do you take a picture of your desktop?
Step 1: Look on your keypad for a button marked 'Print Scrn', and press the button. You have now taken a 'screenshot' of your desktop.
Step 2: To save the 'image' you've just created, open Windows Paint on your computer.
If you aren't sure where to find Windows Paint, click 'START > Programs > Accessories >> Paint.
Click open Paint, and the program will come up. In the Paint toolbar, click 'Edit, then 'Paste'.
Your whole desktop image you've just captured will show up inside the Paint window.
There will be a dotted line, as shown below. (only a portion of the printed desktop is shown here)
Step 3: Go back to the Paint toolbar and click 'File > Save as. Name your image, and store in 'My Pictures'.
You can find it again to delete after you've edited your image in Paint.
Below shows I've 'scrolled' to capture the exact screenshot area I wanted to save in Paint, ready for editing.
Creating a screenshot captures exactly what is shown. It will not capture what is not shown. To provide a portion of an image for others to view, it is not necessary to 'keep' the whole desktop image! By saving just a portion that is needed, also saves on kb space, and reduces the amount of time it takes to upload and view images.
Step 4: To save just the portion needed, In the Windows Paint left Toolbar, click the cut icon (1). Place your cursor near the area you want saved and pull diagonally to form a dotted area you'd like to cut out and save. (2)
Step 5: Go to 'Edit > Copy. Next go to 'Image > Clear Image. Even though the Paint window will now be cleared of the image, and shown as a plain white area, your cut and copied image is still in your clipboard ready to paste.
Step: 6 Now go to 'Edit > Paste. The cut and copied portion from the image you saved should now be visible, with the dotted line. Click outside the dotted area to set that image. In the corner of the Paint window, find the dot, (shown below), this will allow you to pull the excess white portion of the paint window into surrounding the image.
Once you have minimized the paint window to the edge of just the image you need, you can now save the finished image. File > Save As. Save in an appropriate folder, and save as a gif or jpeg format. Gif format will cause some discoloration. Jpg format saves images as is, and uses 70% less kb than bitmap format.
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