how do you do a screenshot?

If you have windows, press the PRINT SCREEN key (it may be marked Prt Sc, usually same key that has Scroll Lock). It will capture your screen image to the clipboard. Then go into your image software, and there should be a menu item something like EDIT -> PASTE -> NEW IMAGE or something like that. Corel photopaint has it as FILE -> NEW FROM CLIPBOARD. Macromedia Fireworks, you do a NEW drawing, it will default the image size to the image on the clipboard, then you just do a EDIT->PASTE.

There are also many programs out there to do capturing for you (Corel has one included with it). Some of these will do advance settings like only capture the active window, include/exclude the pointer, etc. But for a simple screen shot of a web browser, Print Screen works ok.

A final note, pay attention to what else is open, particularly what is showing on your task bar. I saw a screen shot once that in the task bar, you could see they had another browser window opened up to an "adult site"...

-Greg

First thing you need to keep in mind is that "print screen" doesn't actually print the screen. Stupid, isn't it. The print screen button copies your screen to your clipboard. That's all. Then like Greg K said, open up your preferred graphics program and (as long as there's already an open project) just press crtl+v to paste the copied image of your screen into the open file.

GREAT TIP: If you hold down Crtl+Alt while you also press the print screen button, it will only copy an image of the currently focused application (like just your browser or whatever) and will not capture the rest of your screen. This is convenient because it won't capture other stuff like your task bar or other items that could be visable on your desktop.

Find the PrtSc key on your keyboard once the site you want screen captured is visible on your browser.... Press that key, open a descent picture software (paintbrush would do or kodak imaging) then press Ctrl + V (Paste) on that program; now you need to crop the image so that you get what you wnat, then incase its not the complet webpage, repeat the same procedure and re stitch it with the first picture... Refine it until you see what you want...

Quote: First thing you need to keep in mind is that "print screen" doesn't actually print the screen. Stupid, isn't it.

Well it used to... They just never update the key for windows even though they have added other keys...

I just noticed on my laptop, my key says "Prt Sc" and then right below that "Sys Rq"... (and it's not in a blue color to indicate you have to use the Fn key to activate it).

-Greg

thanks all....