Copying something on the computer screen (Screen Capture)

This tip can be accomplished in any version of Windows

If you want to copy something from the screen, there are 2 ways to do this.  This is also known as Screen Capture.  If you want to copy the whole screen and put it in a Microsoft Word document or create a picture (jpg) of it, hold in the Control Key and then press the Print Screen key. (CTRL + Prnt Scrn).  Open up Microsoft Word and then either right click and click on Paste or hold down the Control key and press the V key (CTRL + V).  You should be able to resize the picture after you paste it.

Another place to paste a picture would be in Microsoft Paint.  You should be able to get to it by going to Start --> Run.  In the Run command window, type in "mspaint" without the quotes and hit the Enter key.  Microsoft Paint will open up.  Paste the same way that you did in Microsoft Word.  In Microsoft Paint, you can edit the photo however you would like.  Save the picture as a jpg file or whatever picture format you would like.

If you don't want to copy the entire screen and only the window that you are currently in, like a Error Message window that pops up unexpectedly, you hold down the Alt key and then press the Print Screen key. (ALT + Prnt Scrn).  You would paste the copy that you made from the keyboard shortcut the same way you did for the whole screen.  That is CTRL + V if you can't remember or right click and click on Paste from Menu.

Have fun grabbing pictures from your computer screen and pasting them in Microsoft Paint or Microsoft Word (or wherever you feel it should go).