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- Do you want to have some fun! Try and create a screen shot of any Windows
- screen. It's really easy. Just follow these directions:
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- 1. Make sure that your printer is off.
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- 2. When you have the screen you wish to capture on your screen, hit the
- 'Print Screen' button on your keyboard.
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- 3. Open Windows Paintbrush.
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- 4 Maximize the Paintbrush window.
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- 5. Click on EDIT and then on PASTE.
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- 6. Click on FILE and choose SAVE AS...
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- 7. Click on List types of Files near the bottom of the window.
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- 8. Click on PCX.
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- 9. Type in a file name in the File name box.
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- 10. Hit OK. This will save the file for later use. You can open it up again
- in Paintbrush, or another art program, and modify it as you wish!
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- If you want to make a screen shot a smaller file size for mailing:
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- 1. Activate AOL.
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- 2. Click on FILE and then on OPEN.
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- 3. Open The PCX image you saved.
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- 4. Click on FILE and then on SAVE AS...
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- 5. Click List types of Files.
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- 6. Click GIF.
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- 7. Click OK.
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- To mail a screen shot:
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- 1. Activate AOL.
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- 2. Click on MAIL and then on COMPOSE MAIL.
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- 3. Fill in mail form as normal.
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- 4. Click Attach.
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- 5. Highlight the name of the screen shot file.
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- 6. Hit OK.
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- 7. Click Send or Send Later.
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- This Tip of the Day and other Hot Tips can be found in The America Online
- Family Computing Forum.
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