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I'm trying to do a screen shot, for the Degrees thread.

9 years ago

I downloaded PickPick (that part was easy) and now I'm all confused as to how to use it. Could someone talk me through it, please?

TIA

Sue

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX

9 years ago

Taken from my tablet and using Chrome browser to be able to post it here.

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PKponder TX Z7B
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Are you using a Windows computer or a phone?

On a Windows computer, you simply press the Ctrl plus the Alt plus the Print Screen keys at the same time, then open paint and press the Ctrl plus the V keys, your image is ready to save.

I'm guessing that someone recommended PickPick :-) but I have no idea what that is.
dontpokethebear
9 years ago
If you have Windows Vista or newer, it has a "Snipping Tool" - that is THE easiest thing ever for screen shots.
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Jasdip
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I've got Windows 7 and I don't see a snipping tool anywhere. Tell me more about it, Bear. I do the Prt Scr, paint and paste to do a screen shot
jemdandy
9 years ago
Instruction for Win-XP or Win-7:

"Ctrl-prt scr " copies the entire screen to the clipboard.
"Alt-prt scr " copies only the current window to the clipboard.

To choose a window, (multiple windows may be open) move the cursor to a blank space in a window and click. This window then becomes the "current window".

Move to an MS Windows compliant application such as MicroSoft Word or a photo editor. To insure your cursor is where you want it to be, click in an empty space in the application. Now, do Ctrl-V and the contents on the clipboard should copy into the application. Once there, process as usual.

A hint for MicroSoft Word:

Place the cursor at the very beginning of a blank document page and then press the enter (return) key a couple of times. This enters blank lines at the top of the page. Now import the screen shot (Ctrl-V) and the image will be immediately below those blank lines. If for any reason, you wish to enter text above the image, you'll find it is much easier to place the cursor above the image if there is a blank line there. If that space is not there, MS Word can be cantankerous about trying to get the cursor above (or in front of) the imported image.

This method should work for other word processors that are capable of handling images.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
Where to find snipping tool and how to use it.

http://www.7tutorials.com/how-use-snipping-tool
Sue_va
Original Author
9 years ago
At this point I have to make a confession: I've had a computer for 20+years and taking a screen shot is the only thing that has defeated me. PickPick. Snipping Tool, Print Screen, etc. have done nothing except give me a headache, and I rarely have a headache. I give up! :((
Sue
PKponder TX Z7B
9 years ago
Maybe it's because you can't see that the image is captured until you paste it in Paint or Word. It really seems like nothing has happened until you paste it. I wish I were nearer so that I could show you.
kayjones
9 years ago
Sue, this site is the easiest, imho, to follow. It has pictures to SHOW you how to do it:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-pc/
Sue_va
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for all the helps and suggestions. PKponder TX, you may have hit the nail on the head. By now though I have decided Screen Shots must not be too popular; don't remember ever seeing any posted here at the KT.

Sue
Sue_va
Original Author
9 years ago
I'm still not seeing the italics, etc here, but now I am seeing "Click to switch off notifications about new comments " Anybody else see that?
Sue
duluthinbloomz4
9 years ago
You only see the "switch off" option on a thread you initiate.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Those options are only available when you have typed a reply and before you hit the submit button they are right below where you type in the comment box and includes bold, Italics line option, photo, Houzz photo video, link then the green submit button and way down below that in tiny print it say click to switch off notifications about new comments that is viewable on every post not just on threads you started

It's likely not as used here at houzz because they are not as easy to get pictures posted here. But once a screen shot is saved to your hard drive you can just click on the photo option I mentioned and browse to where you stored it on the computer and select it.

I like to use the same method for getting a screen shot but instead of putting it in paint or a photo program I just open a new email, address to myself and in the body right click and paste and the picture will appear. Once I mailed it to myself I have access to it from all of my devices from my email then I just save it to the device to use as needed.
Sue_va
Original Author
9 years ago
Raven, thanks for posting the screen shot. I often use the email method to send myself things I want to save and then save them in my Archives.
duluthinbloomz4, and RC, sorry to be repetitive, but as I sit here and type, I see the photo buttons, and the green Submit button, in the grey area below the Comment box.. The switch off note is below that in the white area. I used to see those the "right" way up until recently, when I mentioned it here. I just don't understand it.
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