Again this is a
Back to Basics method, most of us do not use. Have You ever encountered a problem , where you wanted to copy a particular web document, but it was copy protected (
you canot copy). Many Web Page Documents are Copy Protected, means you can see, read & save it as it is (PDF, TIFF files etc), but you cannot copy a particular paragraph, or a specific image.
This problem can be solved by a simple Windows Method, known as
Print Screen option. Your Computer Keys has a button
Prnt Scrn or
Print Screen. By this button, you can capture any window open in your computer, or even simply your Desktop image :-)
To Capture a Screen (i.e Webpage or any page on your computer screen), First
Press the
Prnt Scrn button, then
Press Ctrl + C (see my previous post for Windows Shortcuts). Now open any Image Editor Program, like
MS Paint. Now in a blank
new Paint Page, move your Cursor anywhere , but keep it in the Paint Page & Press
Ctrl + V.
Your Captured Screen will be pasted there. Remove unnecessary Page Items by
cropping the image & save image in PNG, GIF, BMP etc.
So, in this way you can save any thing visible on your Computer Screen. You can
Share, Print, IM that image quickly.
This Technique is particularly helpful, when you are chatting with a friend in any IM client like
Gtalk, MSN messenger, Yahoo, Meebo or Pidgin etc. You can instantly share anything with your friends. Secondly this technique is very useful, to put images on a
Blog or
Website. By Screen Capture, you can share any screen shot to your visitors & is Legal as you are not downloading anything ( not using the bandwidth).
Most of my Blog's images are Screen shots,
by this method.
In Windows vista, 7, there is a useful tool,
Snipping tool, that allows you to take Screen Shot of a particular area of a web page or window directly. You don't need to edit that image in Paint or other editor. The
Snipping Tool has basic editing tool also, such as pen , eraser etc. see in the below image, I just captured a part of my desktop screen saver by snipping tool, then captured the whole screen with Snipping Tool image also by Print Screen Method :-)
If you want some Advanced editing to your Captured Screen, you can use other services too like
Aviary (just write aviary.com in front of any URL & the page will be captured)
jing ( a free & pro version available),
Snagit ( the advanced form of jing),
Snap 3 ( $19).
The Great News From
Google for Sharing is
WAVE which is releasing tomorrow. With Wave you can instantly share a Screen Shot, Video, Audio, Document in Real time.
