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I use Jing. You can program it to s function key and trigger the snip with that key. Works for me since years. Besides, you can make annotations, highlights, boxes and arrows on the snip - like this:
Well I always followed this tutorial How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista
until I got used to using the snipping tool I just snip - save to pics - alter or add to the pic with Paint (right click on pic) and save back to Pictures. Then it is just a simple matter of attaching the pics from the Pictures library.
Mm I ma still using the method in post #14 as I cannot get anything to happen with prtsrn key whether it is this new laptop or what - anyhow I just snip and save to pics then alter with Paint as required. That way I have access to many pics that I use as refs to program usage I post to help members.
Yep tried the old fn key trick a long time ago Mitchell I have never really been that good with those darn double meaning keys.
I just do it the way I do it mainly because of saving the pics as I have done because I can do it really quite quickly now and it gives me a good personal library to add to posts ie different shots of using HW Info for example.
John, On your laptop if you forget all about the snipping tool and just press the Print Scrn key does that put the window on the clipboard?
No mate it doesn't do anything that I cans see and at the moment I am having a problem with that particular machine being not booting after a BIOS update - have got the updated BIOS but no boot (another thread).
To be honest I have never fully understood the prtscn key so have never used it I just find the snip is quick and easy but if the prtscn key is easy to use then I shall have to research it after I get this wretched BIOS problem sorted.
I will try it on my old Toshiba tonight though to see what happens with it.
After you click the prtscn key,
Open Paint (built in mspaint)
Click Paste, you should see the image of your desktop in the Paint window.
Doing this should copy the prtscn clipboard contents into a Paint window.
Ok David that looks like something even I can follow LOL!! Once I get my new laptop sorted I shall get down and try it.