Help please lol

By Gabs
@gabs8513 (48686)
United Kingdom
December 19, 2009 11:09am CST
I need some help, now I have done most things on my Laptop but I have to do something I have never done before and I do not know how .........A Screenshot............How on earth do I do this lol I have to do it for a Site so that I get my commission added for shopping through them so pleasssssssssse someone help me here I will feel pretty dumb if it turns out to be really easy Do you know how to do it ????? (Please tell me how if you do)
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16 responses
@DameJenny (108)
19 Dec 09
If You press the print screen key on Your keyboard, (somewhere over by the numerical pad) then whatever is on Your monitor will be copied to rhe clipboard. It can then be pasted wherever You want. For a more selective capture, press Alt and printscreen, than will copy Your active window, i.e. just a browser window that You may have open.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Thanks for this
• United States
19 Dec 09
How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop or the Active Window in Windows http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm:
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@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
19 Dec 09
I bookmarked that link for future reference. Thanks so much. I like discussions like this where we can learn new stuff. I have had requests for screen shots.
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• United States
19 Dec 09
http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm:
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Thank you Heather I have Bookmarked this if I ever need to do it again I will have the Link lol because knowing me I will forget
@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
19 Dec 09
I came here to see if anyone could help you, as it is something good to know. Thanks for asking this question Gabs.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
You are welcome Gerty I have never had to do it before so I was totally confused lol
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
It was so tough until I knew how to. On the right side you will find PRINT SCREEN (prt sc) which is the same key as INSERT. Press CONTROL and PRINT SCREEN together and PASTE it anywhere. I paste it on PAINT and save it as jpeg file. Did I confuse you?
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Lol Mimpi no you didn't and thank you for taking the time to find out for me lol Hugs
• United States
19 Dec 09
You can do it with the print screen but unless you have a photo editor you are very limited to what you get that way.. There is a terrific little FREE program though that i use all the time called mwsnap...you can get a screen shot of anything on you screen with it from the whole screen to a specific selected area... heres a link to download it...its very easy to use too http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Thanks Pixel I will take a look at this for now I have done it the other way lol
• India
19 Dec 09
just press prtSc on ur laptop anything which is on ur screeen gets copied to ur clipboard..now all u have to do is open up any image software and paste it in there!simple!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Thanks Paradox
• Australia
19 Dec 09
Hi Gaby. I see you have the answer. I'm not techno but I needed to do this once, and my boys told me how. Too easy!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Lol Cloud yes it is once you know how but I just could not figure it lol
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
25 Dec 09
I'm sure by now you see how easy it is Gabs (I'm still running very late). When I was using my desktop, I simply could not do it. But I've managed to do it easily on my laptop, following instructions of course. I can't remember how to put the screenshot where I want it but I will be taking notes from your discussion here...
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
19 Dec 09
Sorry Gabs. As much as I would love to be able to help you, I also don't know how to do that. Where is one of my kids when I need computer advice?
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Lol Dawn that is ok as you can see plenty of People know so that has helped a lot
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
19 Dec 09
So what is a screen shot? Now you know I can't help...don't even know what it is! LOL.....hope someone was able to help you!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Dec 09
Lol Jill it is like a Photocopie of something just done on the Computer instead of a Photocopier so you can send it by mail
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Dec 09
hi gabs I wish I knew how myself so I could help you. but I know one person who knows all about all and everything on a computer and thats my son Robbie. email him at lonewolf@well.com and tell him his mom sent you to him for help. As he is still out of work, he loves to keep up with all things to do with computing. He has years of experience but so far he hasnt been able to get into another computer programmer job. take care. good luck hope he can help and others here can help you too. do email him and see if he cannot tell you how to do it. hugs to you and mylittle man Gissi.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
Hi there Hatley I have got my answer lol and it is so easy to I knew it would be lol Hugs to you
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
20 Dec 09
Well gabs your question has been answered I see. I have Vista on my laptop and I use a program called ‘Snipping Tool’ which pretty much does the same thing. Mine was already in my programs. I didn’t know how to take a screenshot until not very long ago, whenever I was asked to do one for whatever reason I would generally find a way of getting around it because I had no clue and yet the answer was so simple; it always is once you now how!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Dec 09
Hi Paula I have Vista to so I must have this tool on here I shall check it out now
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
21 Dec 09
I just noticed a big spelling mistake! "it always is once you now how" now?? Should be KNOW and I call myself a writer!!!
@Sridhar40 (112)
• India
19 Dec 09
No i have not done this. I think u must load some softwares and it will give u certain help.
20 Dec 09
wait, you want to make a screen shot of your desktop using a laptop? it's just easy. what you need to do is press fn + insert (or the key with a prt sc) writing. After you've done it, open paint then paste it there. I assume you know the ctrl + v method because that would be easier. I haven't tried to paste it in any other program like photoshop gimp and the likes but maybe they will work.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Dec 09
Thank you
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Dec 09
press the print screen key and then paste into a word document, that's how I do it anyway...
• India
20 Dec 09
Hi Gabs Ya it was pretty simple as Nautilus has suggested. However, you can try this as well (ALT + Prt Screen)and can see the difference between this and only pressing print screen key.