Everyone
has the Print Screen button on his keyboard. What is it exactly for? You
can make a screenshot with this button. You can capture and store the
image you see on your computer screen.
Basic Print Screen Knowledge
The
Print Screen button is a handy button. It is present on any keyboard.
Yet many people do not know what you can do with this. Perhaps you've
ever pressed him to see what happens. If you have Windows installed, apparently nothing happens! Linux-users see a pop up-screen where you can name your screenshot. In
fact by using your print screen button, you are copying the image of the computer screen to your
clipboard.
Screenshot
Screenshot
You never see what is on your
clipboard till you use it. If you press the Print Screen button it
saves the screenshot on your computer that is currently showing on
your monitor. In the program list you can open the accesoires folder.
There you'll find the program "Paint." When you open the
Paint program, click on the 'Paste' button. The shortcut Control + V
gives the same result. Now the screenshot you just made appears. You
can give the file a name and save it. You can save as much screen
pictures as you want.
Whereto is this useful?
Suppose you have a computer problem. Someone else can tell you what button you have to click and in which order. This is a complicated matter. With one or more screenshots you show the whole story. A few pictures tell more than words.
Create a still photo from a video
It may be that you want to create s still from a video. In some video playback programs you can not take still pictures of the video. You can use the print screen feature to make stills of the video, no matter what program you use for video playback. In the screenshot you see a Windows taskbar or other item on the screen. In Paint you can make a cut out of the screenshot so you get a more pretty picture.
Whereto is this useful?
Suppose you have a computer problem. Someone else can tell you what button you have to click and in which order. This is a complicated matter. With one or more screenshots you show the whole story. A few pictures tell more than words.
Create a still photo from a video
It may be that you want to create s still from a video. In some video playback programs you can not take still pictures of the video. You can use the print screen feature to make stills of the video, no matter what program you use for video playback. In the screenshot you see a Windows taskbar or other item on the screen. In Paint you can make a cut out of the screenshot so you get a more pretty picture.
A way to use a screenshot; a picture of the listings of the major world market at december 15, 2011, at 16.44, made from the Bloomberg-site.
Show what happened during your PC game
Another possibility is to take a photo from a game to show it to someone else. Print screens are just by gamers to show eachother what they achieved. It's up to you how to use this feature. You can even save images from websites where the pictures are protected against storing. The owners of this site don´t want you to save and use the picture. For that reason you don´t make a print screen of that site because it is protected by copyright.
Another possibility is to take a photo from a game to show it to someone else. Print screens are just by gamers to show eachother what they achieved. It's up to you how to use this feature. You can even save images from websites where the pictures are protected against storing. The owners of this site don´t want you to save and use the picture. For that reason you don´t make a print screen of that site because it is protected by copyright.
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translated with permission of the author. It was first published in
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