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I've been reading off and on about people taking screenshots on here - what is one and how do you do it?

its a screen shot of the exact page, so it cant be tampered with like a copy and paste can,
i have no idea how you do one tho lol xxx

It is basically an image of what you actually see on your screen, like a photo in a way.

It's easy to do. If you can copy and paste you can do this no problem.

just press the 'Prnt Scrn' key, then open a new 'word' document, and paste it on there. There you have your screenshot.

The difference between that and a copy and paste is that it cannot be altered. What is written on a screenshot cannot be edited, unlike a straight copy and paste.

Screenshots are often used to illustrate a particular IT problem, when the helpdesk may as for a screenshot to be emailed to them, so they can see what's going on, or see the error messages for themselves etc.

its sort of a photo of the page

Thanks Stray, Theresa and Joy. I'm going off to practise doing a screenshot now! LOL

Jan

Oh Boy I always knew what it meant but never how to do it. I have now studied my keyboard looking for said key, I have found it always wondered what that was for !

Hey I'm having fun now! I've done it twice - YEAH!
Thanks everyone - I've just learnt something new. LOL

lol uzzi, i have loas of keys on my keyboard that i ont know what there for ll,

Jan, iv tryed but i still cant do it lol, x

Stray, if I can do it, then you can! Go on, give it another go!
I didnt have a clue where the print screen was on my keyboard, and when I found it, its a key I had never taken any notice of before.

Its a screen print ..

Please Gels, leave this thread on the board, so that I can have a go, when I have more time. Will soon be doing the evening meal, and OH has just come in and disrupted my concentration anyway.
I'm sure it would be helpful to others, also.
Many,many thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

nothing happens when i pressmine haha x

you have to have word open as well Stray and then paste on to word and then it shows.

Stray - press the Print screen key, then bring up your word document programme. Then to paste it into the word document,
press control and v at the same time, and that will copy into the document for you.

Jan

or just right click on your mouse is easiler or go to file and paste

Stray, nothing does happen when you press the key.

But it's taken the shot of the screen, you then have to paste it into word.

I cant find my Pmt .......lolol....

nothing happens when i ppen my word doc, and right click, i dont get a choice to paste lol

along the top BC lol

Stray, go to edit and select paste from there.

If its greyed out, take the screenshot again, then paste.