how to take a pic of desktop

[Guest]

ive searched but i cant find how to take a desktop picture. as in- im looking
at something on my screen and i press a button and it takes an immediate
picture of my whole desktop, start bar and all, then sends the pic to a
folder for me to look at later. i know this can be done becuase ive seen the
end result everynow and then, i just dont know how. im on windows xp. can
anybody help me with me little problem?

 

[John Inzer]

ive searched but i cant find how to take a desktop
picture. as in- im looking at something on my screen and
i press a button and it takes an immediate picture of my
whole desktop, start bar and all, then sends the pic to a
folder for me to look at later. i know this can be done
becuase ive seen the end result everynow and then, i just
dont know how. im on windows xp. can anybody help me with
me little problem?

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Press your "Print Screen" key.

That copies the screenshot to your
Windows Clipboard.

Now...open Windows Paint or any other image
editor and go to...Edit / Paste. Now you can
save the file in the folder of your choice.

BTW, Yves suggested the following freebie for
capturing screen shots...it works very well. I have
it set so all I have to do is:

1) Press...PrintScreen...
2) Drag a box around the content I wish to save...
3) Press enter...
The shot is immediately saved as a .jpg in a
folder of my choice.

Gadwin PrintScreen
http://www.gadwin.com/download/



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