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Free Screen Image Captures: Use Prscn To Capture Any Windows Screen Graphic

Do you ever wonder how people go about capturing the image of a currently displaying Windows screen?  Perhaps not, maybe you already own a graphic capturing package.  That is fine, keep reading; you may still find value in this article.  Of a certain, those who run Windows Vista and Windows 7 have such a program.  It is called "Snipping Tool" and it resides under Accessories in the Program Manager menu.

 

A problem exists when using "Snipping Tool": other than a highlighter and an ink pen, it has no worthwhile editing functions.  Images that are captured with this tool must be saved and then reopened within a full graphic editing software.  To further complicate matters, older versions of Windows do not include "Snipping Tool"; neither do most graphic editing packages include screen-capturing features. 

 

Here is a little known but long existing Windows screen-image capturing method.  It too requires that you open an image-editing tool, but there is no need for double programs, and neither must you have a graphic tool that includes a screen capture utility. 

 

On your keyboard you will see a key labeled "PrtSc/SysRq".  This can be used, when setup under the right program arrangements, to force a printer dump of the current screen.  Right now, a printer dump is not our focus.  Instead, we will use this special key to capture the current display screen.

 

It works like this:

 

1. Tap the "PrtSc/SysRq" key one time. [Do it now.  It will not hurt a thing].
2. Open the Windows integrated Paint software (Start, All Programs, Accessories, Paint).  [Or open whatever graphic program that touches your fancy].
3. Click on the Paste function.
4. There it is, the screen shot that you just captured using the Windows "PrtSc/SysRq" screen capture routine.
5. Limit the capture to just what you want by applying the graphic editor's Crop function.

 

This is quick and easy, even more so than a Snipping Tool type software.  I use this Windows feature whenever I pull a picture from http://commons.wikimedia.org for use with my ezine articles.  It often saves time over going through the download route.  What's more, the captured image can also be pasted directly into a word process or most any other software that receives graphic input.  Just for the show of it, I captured this screen as I typed, pasted the capture onto the bottom of the article, captured the copy, and then pasted the copy into Paint for final cropping and saving. 

 

Cool, Hun?

 

 

 

 

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