Thursday, October 16, 2008

How to Capture an Image....

Step 1: Select an image from anywhere on the internet you want to capture
Step2: Press the "PrintScreen" key on the keyboard
Step3: Exit out of the website
Step4: Go to the Paint Program (part of Windows Accessories)
Step5: A white box appears in the corner-- resize that box, but keep it relatively small
Step6: It may be hard to get the "resize" icon to appear... keep trying
Step7: Select "EDIT --> PASTE"
Step8: The small box suddenly go huge as the entire page filled in the box
Step9: Select the "dotted box" icon from the paint features
Step10: Enclose the image of interest with the dotted box
Step11: Select "EDIT --> CUT" and the image is gone and placed in memory
Step12: Select "FILE --> NEW"
Step13: When it asks to save changes to untitled, check "No"
Step14: Select "EDIT --> PASTE"
Step15: Resize the white box to match the size of the image
Step16: Select "FILE --> SAVE AS"
Step17: Give it a name
Step18: Save it as Type: JPEG
Step19: Exit out of the paint program
Step20: Go to the PowerPoint slide you wish to insert the image into
Step21: Select "INSERT --> PICTURE --> FROM FILE"
Step22: Browse for the image that was saved on the computer (the JPEG image)
Step23: Double click the image when you find it
Step24: It should be in the PowerPoint slide now!

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