• Hit your Print Screen Key (to the right of the F12 key)
• Open a graphics editor such as Irfanview, microsoft Photo Editor or Paint (probably works in Paint Shop Pro etc as well)
• You may need to start a new file before doing the next step
• Click on the Edit menu and click on Paste or Paste as new image
• Your screenshot should now be visible in the graphic program
• Click on the File menu and choose either print or Save As

• Open a graphics editor
• Click on the File menu and then click Open...
• Navigate to the file and click Open
• Click the Image menu and find an option that allows changes to brightness and gamma
• Adjust either or both of these until you have a result that is pale enough
• Click the File menu and Click Save As...
• Give the new file a name, navigate to where you want to save it and click Save

1. Open Power Point via the Start menu - Programs - microsoft Office - Power Point
2. Click the File menu then Open.
3. Navigate to the file you want to open (if attached to an email you will have to save it to a folder on your computer first) and open it. You can scroll down to see all the slides within the presentation.
4. Select a slide you want to save by left clicking
5. Click again on the File menu then click on Save As...
6. In the box that pops up, choose where you want to save it and then find the drop down box that says Save As Type.
7. Click the arrow to the right of the dropdown box and you will find alternative save formats. You will also find more if you scroll down in there.
8. Click jpg or Jpeg format then click Save. You should now be given an option to save all the slides or just the selected one. Choose which option you want. Repeat if you want to save other slides.

Photo formats can be confusing. If you want to save a photo in it's original condition without any loss of quality you should save it as a bitmap or tiff file. Bitmap uses the extension .bmp and makes a very large file unsuitable for emailing.

Jpg (pronounced J peg) files are compressed graphic files which makes the file a whole lot smaller and is appropriate for emailing. These files have the extension .jpg or .jpeg.

Gifs are used for small graphics mostly and can be animated (jpg and bmp files are never animated). gifs use the extension .gif and are the most basic of graphics containing only a limited number of colours. They also have the ability to use transparent backgrounds.

Most graphic programmes allow you to save a file in whatever format you want. Irfanview is great for this. Open the file in a graphics programme and then go to the File menu and Save As... In the dialogue box for saving there may be a choice as to what type you want to save as. You will have to go searching in your own programme to find out what is available.

Many people ask how to capture a still shot off a video clip, how to do a screenshot. If you have WindowsXP it is relatively easy as you can do it with Windows Movie maker which comes preinstalled. It can also be done with Nero Vision Express.

You need to have the video clip saved somewhere on your hard drive before starting, not left as an attachment to an email.

Windows Movie Maker - Open movie maker and click on Import Video on the left. Navigate to the video clip, select it and click on Import. Once imported use the preview pane on the right to find the part of the clip you want to take the still shot of. On the very bottom right of the preview screen you’ll see a little icon of a camera. You click that to take the still shot and a dialogue box will come up giving you the option of naming it and choosing where you want to save it. It will be in jpg format.

Nero Vision Express – Open Vision Express (or Nero Start Smart, select DVD and click on Applications then on Vision Express. In the “What would you like to do” box, choose Make DVD…DVD video. In the next box click on Add video files… and navigate to the video clip you want to take the stillshot from and click Open. Now make sure the video clip is selected and click on Edit movie. Use the preview pane to find the stillshot you want to take. Under the slide bar, the 4th icon from the left is a camera. Click it to take your still shot. A popup will tell you where the clip was saved. The default appears to be .png format. To change it to .jpg or .bmp click on the More button at the bottom and then click on Configure and you can change it in the dropdown box in the General tab.