Colin
06-15-04, 02:26 PM
Paul Hill, a faithful PCstats.com Newsletter reader was kind enough to send over a tip on taking screen shots, and to be honest I couldn't have said it better. Here's Paul's tip... I often want to make a copy of the screen for safe keeping, or to send to someone. To do this manually is quite easy. <BR><BR>1) Press the 'Print Screen' key on the keyboard when you want to take a snapshot of the screen to keep. 2) Go to START > PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > PAINT to open the program. 3) Click Edit > Paste. If your using Win98 like me and are asked if you would like the bitmap enlarged Click Yes.<BR><BR>The image of the screen will appear and you can now use the 'Select' function in the 'Tool Box' to capture the part of the screen you want keep. 4) Once selected, go to Edit > Cut. 5) Then go to File > New and when asked if you want to "Save changes to untitled?" click 'No.' 6) Go to Edit > Paste and the same bitmap message may appear. Click Yes. Now just the part of the screen you want to keep is displayed, allowing you to save it as an image file for what ever you want it for.<BR><BR>Thanks for the tip Paul, it's greatly appreciated!