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Published by Brink
05-12-2009
| Screenshot with Paint How to Take and Create a Screenshot with Windows 7 Paint Information | | This will show you how to take a full screen screenshot or a single window screenshot, then create and save the screenshot in Windows 7 Paint. | | Tip | | If you wanted to take a screenshot of a opened menu item, then you would want to use step 1 and crop the screenshot in Paint since the menu item would close when trying to take the screenshot with step 2. | | RELATED LINKS: Here's How:1. To Take a Full Screen Screenshot - NOTE: If you have multiple monitors, then they will also be included in the full screen screenshot.A) Press the PrtScn key. NOTE: On laptops or notebooks, you may need to press the Ctrl+PrtScn or Fn+PrtScn key instead of only the PrtScn key.
B) Go to step 3. 2. To Take a Single Window Screenshot - NOTE: This will just be a screenshot of the window that you have the focus set on. The window that has focus will have a darker border than the other opened windows.A) Click on the title bar of the window that you want to take a screenshot of to place focus on it.
B) Press the Alt+PrtScn key. NOTE: On laptops or notebooks, you may need to press the Alt+Fn+PrtScn key instead of only the Alt+PrtScn key. 3. Open Paint. 4. In Paint, press Ctrl+V to paste the screenshot into Paint. A) Go to step 6. OR 5. In Paint, click on the rectangle above Select on the toolbar, then right click on the white space in the lower main pane of Paint and click on Paste. (See screenshot below) 6. Make any crops or adjustments you would like to the screenshot. (See screenshots below) NOTE: For detailed information on how to use Paint, click on the icon at the upper right corner in Paint. The left screenshot is of a single window, and the right screenshot is of the full screen.  7. When ready to save the screenshot, click on the file drop down arrow to the left of the Home and View tab. Next, hover the mouse pointer on Save as to open it, then click on the file extension (ex: JPEG) that you want to save the screenshot as. (See screenshot below) 8. Navigate to where you want to save the screenshot. Type in a name for the screenshot to be saved as, and click on the Save button. (See screenshot below) 9. When done taking screenshots, close Paint. That's it,
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10-08-2009
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Nice tut,
Will this work in any graphics program?
Tried it in Paint.net and it worked.
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10-08-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 x86 Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave76 Nice tut,
Will this work in any graphics program?
Tried it in Paint.net and it worked. It will work with any paint package that's capable of pasting the clipboard as a new image | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number E-Systems EI 3101 OS Windows 7 x86 CPU Intel Celeron M430 1.73GHz Memory 1.25GB Graphics Card Intel 943GML with 128MB shared memory Sound Card On-board Realtek HighDef audio Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 40GB S-ATA, 80GB External USB |
10-08-2009
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I still use this old school trick to capture transient screen images like tool-tips. The snipping tool will take system focus and some dialog boxes will disappear. PrintScreen/Paste is a very good thing to know (remember). | My System Specs | | |
10-21-2009
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Possibly add the Snipping Tool? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 (New Build coming soon, 76-1) OS Windows 7 Ult x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (NB, Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB) Motherboard (NB, GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3) Memory 6 GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (NB, 8GB DDR3 1600 CORSAIR XMS3) Graphics Card Radeon HD4650 512mb (NB, HD 5770 1GB DDR5) Sound Card Realtek (NB, Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip) Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse Wheel optical Cooling Fans (NB, Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler) Hard Drives Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache,
WD 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB cache Internet Speed Dismal Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB |
10-21-2009
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Texas |
Hi Dave,
I thought about it, but with the Snipping Tool, you cannot take screenshots of open menu items as Antman posted above though. I wanted to make it usable in all cases. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 23" 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower w/ 250 mm Front & 120 mm Rear fan Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 2 x 750GB (RAID 0) Samsung HDD HD753LJ SATA 32MB Internet Speed 10.58 Mb/s Download and 1.12 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
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12-31-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Oh wow, you do learn something new everyday! 
Didn't know about the Alt + Prt Sc trick! Thanks a lot Brink! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 / 2.80GHz Memory 4GB DDR2 Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz |
12-31-2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Texas |
You're welcome Krazywrath, and welcome to Seven Forums. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 23" 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower w/ 250 mm Front & 120 mm Rear fan Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 2 x 750GB (RAID 0) Samsung HDD HD753LJ SATA 32MB Internet Speed 10.58 Mb/s Download and 1.12 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
** Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
** D-Link DIR-855 Router
** Motorola SB6120 Cable Modem
** ASRock ION 330 server |
12-31-2009
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600.16385 (32Bit) Dual Boot Windows XP Professonal SP3 (32Bit) |
Hi Brink, is it ok to write a tut using a separate utility for snap shooting images? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Lenovo ThinkPad T60 OS Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600.16385 (32Bit) Dual Boot Windows XP Professonal SP3 (32Bit) CPU GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) DuoCore T2400 @ 1.83GHz Motherboard Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Memory 2.00 GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays ThinkPad Display Screen Resolution 1400x1050 Keyboard Standard Keyboard Mouse HID-compliant Mouse Hard Drives 100Gb SATA Internet Speed Cable Broadband - 54Mbps Other Info Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
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12-31-2009
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Texas |
Hello AEM,
Sure, as long as it's not a program that must be purchased to use it. You might also double check in the Tutorial index to make sure that we do not already have one for it as well. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 23" 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower w/ 250 mm Front & 120 mm Rear fan Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 2 x 750GB (RAID 0) Samsung HDD HD753LJ SATA 32MB Internet Speed 10.58 Mb/s Download and 1.12 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
** Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
** D-Link DIR-855 Router
** Motorola SB6120 Cable Modem
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