How do I do a "screen shot" and save it to my hard drive?

Question

I did a search on "screen" and "screen shot". If anyone has the link (I think this has been talked about before) or knows how to do this in Firefox, I would appreciate the information. I wanted to send the "screen shots" to SD to demonstrate a problem that the new version has.

In the dictionary (on my computer anyway) there is a ton of white space, something like this:

forma feminine noun 1 shape, form (figura) ?

en forma de -> in the shape of

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en forma de L -> L-shaped

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tener forma ovalada o de óvalo -> to be oval in shape

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formas -> figure, curves (silueta)

2 way, manner (manera) ?

se puede hacer de varias formas -> it can be done in several different ways
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I don't know if the spaces will be removed when I submit this. So I would still like to know how to do the screen shot and save it to my hard drive. Muchas gracias!

Answer 1

I think that this is probably explained somewhere on Google.

There is a button on your keyboard that says "print screen" por "prt scrn" or "impr pant". Press it. Now you have the image on the screen copied, next you paste it into some kind of image program, like photoshop, gimp, or microsoft paint.

The browser you use is not relevant.

I didn't realize it was a simple "copy and paste". It sounds like it's really easy, I'll go give it a try. Muchas gracias! - bandit51jd, Feb 3, 2012

Answer 2

There are lots of programs that do screen captures. Some free, some have nominal costs. All of the major browsers have add-in programs that perform screen captures. They are a lot less cumbersome than rabbitwho's "manual" method that involves a lot of opening and closing different programs and uploading photos to get URL's for links, but that procedure is simple and free. If you aren't doing a lot of screen captures I would recommend it (I often use it). If you find yourself doing a lot of them, then I suggest that you try out some of the browser add-in's like Fireshot [version for IE, Chrome & Firefox] (used to be free, but not anymore). Basically you do the same steps, but they are all incorporated into one program and there are a lot of text/image bells and whistles for annotating the pictures.

Sorry, I just re-read you title. You aren't posting them here, but uploading them as image files to SD. In that case you don't need any URL's so definitely just use the Prt Scrn key and crop annotate the pictures in an image program like Windows paint. When you submit Feedback you can then upload the image files directly from your harddrive.

Thanks for the information Q. For now, I don't need a lot of screen shots and if I remember the feedback button, there is a place for browsing a file when that page opens. Muchas gracias! - bandit51jd, Feb 3, 2012

Answer 3

If you happen to be using a Mac, you can capture any or all your desktop using the Grab application in the Utilities folder.

You #$%# Mac users get all the nifty toys! - 0074b507, Feb 3, 2012

Actually Windows has a Snipping Tool for desktop captures, but it is very basic. - 0074b507, Feb 3, 2012

No, I was taught on Windows, I think it was Gateways, and I just never changed. Now my oldest sister uses the Mac and has for many years. - bandit51jd, Feb 3, 2012

Gfreed, unfortunately I live with a graphic designer :) - mtmonadnock, Feb 3, 2012

Answer 4

I did the copy and paste into Paint and then used it in the Browse section on the feedback form. Thanks again, everybody!