Re: Print Screen

From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:18:52 -0500

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:15:36 -0700, "Bruce Hagen"
<Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote:

>> How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
>> http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?PR=1&scid=kb;en-us;Q173884
>>
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>> Bruce Chambers
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>
>That's a dead link, Bruce.
>
>I know how to take a full page, or window screen shot, but can you
>tell me how to take a screen shot of say, a dialog box, or an error
>message box without the whole window, and how to get it into an
>e-mail afterwards.
>
>Thanks,
>Bruce Hagen

Perhaps a bit cumbersome, but you can first take a complete screen
shot. Open the screen shot in MSPaint and save it as a *.BMP file.
You can then use Paint to trim, cut, clip, and so forth, to just
displaying the dialog box or error box you wish. Save the trimmed
bitmap file with a new name.