How to Grab, Save & Crop a Screenshot
Updated January 17, 2020
To GRAB and SAVE a screenshot
1 Click in window of interest to make it active
2 Simultaneously press Alt and PrintScreen buttons (“Alt-PrtScn“),
OR just PrintScreen if you want to capture the whole desktop (all screens) and crop later (see below)
3 Open IrfanView , the little red bear in your taskbar (or use Windows Start, type “Irfan”)
4 Press Ctrl-V to paste into the IrfanView window
5 Press Ctrl-S to SAVE as a jpeg (use Desktop as location when asked)
OR Press Ctrl-P to PRINT to a printer or to a PDF (save on Desktop when asked)
TO CROP an image
1 Open Image (or already opened)
2 Drag a box anywhere within the image
3 Press Ctrl-Y to crop
4 Press S to save the new version to the Desktop with the same or a new name
OR Press Ctrl-S to overwrite (same place, same name, say “Yes” when asked)