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Thread ID: 49948	2004-10-05 20:43:00	FAQ #07 - Wanna show a screenshot?	-FAQ- (807)	Press F1

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278484	2004-10-05 20:43:00	FAQ #07 - Wanna show a screenshot? Originally written by sal If you want to show a screenshot, offer a relative/useful file, or even just participate in a 'Show your Desktop' thread, you can do so from ImageF1 ( . neoburn . net/imagef1/" target="_blank">sal . neoburn . net) . NOTE: Old ImageF1 files have been shifted to . /imagef1/archives ( . neoburn . net/imagef1/archives/" target="_blank">sal . neoburn . net) . No definites on how long they'll stay there . If you are new to ImageF1 please read the Information page and if you get stuck just ask on Press F1 for help . ImageF1: . neoburn . net/imagef1/" target="_blank">sal . neoburn . net How to take a screenshot To take a screenshot press the PrintScrn key and it will capture a screen image into your system's Clipboard . Open your graphics program (see below) then go to Paste to to get your screenshot into the program . Now go to Save As, click on the drop down box Save As Type and choose to save it as a JPEG type with . jpg (lowercase letters) extension file with NO spaces in the file name . Do give the file a meaningful name other than, say, desktop . jpg so that duplicate file names do not occur . If you wish to copy an image of only the current active window hold the Alt key while pressing the PrintScrn key . After saving your screenshot as a . jpg go to Sal's upload page as above, browse to your file on your hard drive using the Browse button and click Upload . Once uploaded copy and paste the URL into your Press F1 post and you are done . Note: Please try and keep the file size under 150 KB or less in consideration for dial-up users . Graphics manipulation programs Graphics programs suitable for pasting screenshots into include Windows Paint, Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, GIMP, etc . An excellent free graphics viewer that can do very basic editing (such as convert to . jpg files) is IrfanView (http://www . irfanview . com/) . Original FAQ available from here ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=43958" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) .	-FAQ- (807)
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