[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For those who want a dedicated screen capture utility that is really
full-featured (and still very affordable), I recommend SnagIt
(www.techsmith.com).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Robert" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:04:01 -0400, Larry wrote:

Well, I couldn't paste it into an e-mail, so Word was the next
alternative.
What would you suggest that I have done?

Hi, Larry

Screenshots are essentially picture files.
As such, they can easily be attached to emails.
But in practical terms, it all depends how you make the screenshots.

If you use the PrintScreen key, the screenshot is sent to the Windows
clipboard as a bitmap picture. In this case, you have to paste the
clipboard contents into some application to be able to use the picture in
any meaningful way. You pasted into Word but there are better/simpler
ways.
Word is a "word" processor. What you actually need is a "picture"
processor. Any would do, the most basic being the Windows "Paint" program
(which is still available in XP). Pasting into "Paint" allows you to save
the picture as a BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, or PNG file.

Now it is often more practical to make screenshots using a screen capture
application. In this case, you can usually choose where to send the
screenshot to. You can send it to the Windows clipboard, but more aptly
you
can save it directly to a picture file. I can recommend "FastStone
Capture"
(http://www.faststone.org/download.htm). It is totally free and as
user-friendly as can be. Here is a description from the help: "A powerful,
flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture
anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle
/
freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages." "FastStone
Capture" also allows you to edit the screenshot picture, add frames or
text, change size or colour count, email or print the picture directly.
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Cheers
Robert