Once you've pasted the image in Paint you can then select the part you want
and make that a new image, or open in another imaging software package and
crop the jpg to just the part you want.
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09
24 -0500, Rick <rick@invalid.net> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to be able to take a snapshot of only a certain
>> area of my screen such as the active window, and save it
>> to a .JPG or something similar. I know Snag-It does
>> this but it's $50. Is there something in the public
>> domain or less expensive that someone can recommend for
>> this?
>
>
> First of all, note that no special software is required to get just
> the active window. PrtScrn captures the whole screen, and Alt-PrtScrn
> captures the active window.
>
> It captures it to the clipboard, but if you want a .jpg file, just
> past it into a program like Paint, and then save it as a .jpg file.
>
> If you want a part other than the active window, you need special
> software. One free choice is the gadget called "Snaper" that goes on
> the sidebar. But I haven't used this and can't comment on how easily
> or how well it works.
>
>
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