On 9/1/2011 7:39 AM, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2011/09/01 13:29, [email protected] wrote: >> Start->run-> type "cmd" no quotes. >> >> Screen shots still work... press the ALT button and the PrtScr button at the >> same time. This will capture the screen as an image to your clipboard. You >> will >> have to paste it to a document to print it. > > This works for only the visible portion of the screen. Where the amount of > data > to be captured in this fashion exceeds the number of lines on the screen, an > alternative method is required. This involves Redirection (and possibly > Piping) > where the output of a command is redirected to a file. Dennis Kowallek gave > the > example of how to redirect the output of a simple command to a text file. > > C:\> dir *.*> list.txt > > Here, the screen output from the 'dir' command is redirected (by way of the> > symbol) into the text file named list.txt >
The simplest solution I have found is a free program called Greenshot. It captures whatever area of the screen you desire and opens the image in a built in editor which allows you to immediately annotate it then save in jpeg, gif, png or bmp format. -- Gene Young Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
