How to Use the Prt Scrn Key to Capture Screenshots

There really is a use for that Prt Scrn key in the upper right corner of your keyboard.

 You know the key you push and nothing seems to happen. Well, something IS happening. Each time you press that key, it captures the screen that is on your desktop and puts it on your clipboard. You can then edit and minipulate that image to suit your needs. This is a great technique to use when trying to get a photo or graphic from a website.

Working With Captured Screenshots
Now that you have pressed the notorious Prt Scrn key, open the free Paint program located in the Accessories section of your Start menu. Go to Edit and select Paste. You will notice that the screenshot you took is now pasted into the Paint application. You can now crop out the area you want by selecting the dashed-box tool in the menu. Highlight the area you want, then go to Edit and Cut. You can now go to the menu and select New. It will ask if you want to save the original. Just say no and a blank workspace will appear again. Go back to Edit and Paste again. Now, only the cropped area appears. You can save this as a jpeg file, or whatever format you need.