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 How To Post Screen Shots 
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Post How To Post Screen Shots
Just a couple of things to start with. I am running windows 10 and have SO7 in full screen mode, but the same principles should hold for other systems. This may seem complicated but once you have done it a few times it becomes quite a simple task.

How to grab a screen shot:
Hold down the "Alt" button and at the same time press the "Prt SC" button, it's up near the top right of the keyboard

This copies whatever is on the screen to the clipboard.
For beginners to this process I would now recomend quiting from SO7.


Next you have to paste the contents of the clipboard into a graphics program.
Windows 10 comes with a graphics program called Paint. You can find it by clicking on the windows icon on the bottom left of the screen and scrolling down to "windows accessories"
Start the "Paint" program
Now you "paste" the contents of the clipboard into the paint program.


Now you can make changes to the screenshot if you want, draw boxes to highlight something or crop the screenshot to select only a smaller portion of the screenshot.


The next step is to save the screenshot to a file on your computer.
I would recommend either savibg the file as a "png" or a "jpg" file.


This new file has to be uploaded to a file hosting website. I use a free one called "tiny". http://tinypic.com/


Once the file is uploaded, look for a code\url for forums or message boards. If you copy this url it can then be pasted into the SO7 forums.


Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:15 am
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Post Re: How To Post Screen Shots
Great info........Would make a good sticky!


Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:51 am
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