Here’s
How: Windows Vista
1. Click on the Start Menu and start typing “snipping” into
the search box.
2. Snipping Tool should show up in the Programs list above the search
box, and you can click on it to start it.
3. The Snipping Tool window will appear on your screen. You may move
it to an edge of the screen so it’s not in your way, but it will
also disappear when you start dragging a selection area.
4. The Snipping Tool assumes you want to create a new clipping as soon
as you open it. Your screen will dim, and you can click and drag your
cursor to select an area to copy. As you drag, the selected area will
be darker, and surrounded by a red border if you’ve never changed
the Snipping Tool options.
5. When you release the mouse button, the captured area will open in
the Snipping Tool window. If you’re not happy with the selection
and need to try again, click the “New” button.
6. When you are happy with your clipping, press the second button to
save the screen shot as an image file. See the tips below for file format
suggestions.
Tips:
1. If your screen shot contains a limited number of colors and you want
to retain crisp lines and keep the file size small, save as a GIF file.
If your screen shot contains many colors and you want to retain crisp
lines and full quality, save as a PNG file. If your screen shot contains
many colors and you want to make the file size small, save as a JPEG
file.
2. Before saving your screen shot, you can use the Pen and Highlighter
tools in the Snipping Tool toolbar to add markup to your screen shot.
The eraser tool will remove marks made with the Pen and Highlighter
Tools.
3. You may email a screen shot without saving it by using the “Send
To” button on the Snipping Tool toolbar.
4. Go to Tools > Options to change the way the Snipping Tool operates.
For instance, you can change the color of the selection outline by selecting
a new ink color, or turn the outline off entirely by unchecking the
box for “Show selection ink after snips are captured.”
5. Enable the option “Display icon in the Quick Launch toolbar”
if you want to keep the Snipping Tool handy for quick access.
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Here’s
How: Windows XP
1. Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. It may be labeled [PrtScn].
2. Open an image editing program, such as Microsoft Paint.
3. Go to the Edit menu and choose Paste.
4. If prompted to enlarge the image, choose Yes.
5. Optional: Use your image editor’s crop tool to crop out unnecessary
portions of the screen shot.
6. Go to the File Menu and choose Save As.
7. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the image.
8. Type a file name for the image.
9. Select a file type.
10. Click the Save button.
Tips:
1. Hold the Alt key down while pressing Print Screen to capture only
the active window.
2. Generally the GIF format works best when saving screen shots of application
windows. The JPEG format usually makes screen shots (especially those
with text) blurry, blotchy and discolored.
3. The Windows “ clipboard” is a term used to describe the
temporary storage space in memory where an item is placed when you copy
or cut. When you paste, the item is transferred to the program you’re
working in. If you copy something else, the old item is replaced with
the new. You can’t navigate to or manipulate the clipboard directly;
it’s only used for copy and paste operations.
4. If you have windows Vista, you can capture screen shots much more
easily using the Snipping Tool included with Vista.
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