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Making Help Sheets with Screenshots 1 [PC version]

1. Open both Word and the program that you want to give guidance on e.g. Paint Shop Pro. Use the Task Bar at the bottom of your screen to toggle between programs: just click on one or the other to switch.

2. To get a screen shot click on your target program e.g. Paint Shop Pro,  then press the PRINT SCREEN key at the top right of your keyboard: this will save a copy of the whole screen to the clipboard.

 
3. Click on Word and you will see that the Cut and Copy icons on the Standard Toolbar are greyed out, but the Paste icon is active. Click on Paste 2"

 

 Note: The clipboard and NOT the brush = Paste
4. Your screenshot will be pasted onto the page. It can now be formatted like any other graphic in Word using the Picture Toolbar that appears when you click on the graphic:

Helpsheet with screenshots inserted

To format a screenshot using the Picture Toolbar:

  • Wrap the screenshot: Word 2000 has a dog icon; earlier versions have a yellow diamond.  

  • Reposition it when your cursor changes to a 4 sided arrow
  • Re-size it when your cursor changes to a 2 sided arrow. To keep the proportions drag from a corner and hold Shift at the same time 
  • Crop the screenshot if necessary to show specific toolbars or buttons.
5. Draw arrows and use Textboxes to label the illustrations

6. It’s a good idea to group the graphics together if you are adding labels. Select all the objects that you want to group: to highlight multiple objects, click on one, then hold SHIFT as you click on each of the other objects in turn
7. Finally, go to Draw > Group on the Drawing Toolbar to convert them into a single object.
© RKM 2002 - 2007

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