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Email A Reply to Myself
Posted by starman on Saturday, January 21, 2017 7:04 PM

Is it possible to email to myself a reply to a question I posted on this forum?  I was sent a diagram that I would like to print out and have a hard copy of when building the item.  If it is possible to email a message to myself, how do I do so?  Thanks.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:28 PM

If it's possible it's not obvious how.  Recent versions of windows have both a snipping tool to take a partial screen shot and a Print Screen function, which doesn't print anything but saves a copy of your screen and you can paste it to another program like Word or Paint.

Or you could share your email with whom ever answered your question and ask them to email.  Do not print your email addy in the forum.

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Posted by superbe on Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:33 AM

starman

I have used my camera to take a picture of what's on the computer screen with success.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 22, 2017 2:30 AM

superbe

starman

I have used my camera to take a picture of what's on the computer screen with success.

Bob

 

There is a much easier way to accomplish this:

Just press [Shift] + [PRTSC] and paste it to either MS Paint or MS Word and save it!

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Posted by tstage on Sunday, January 22, 2017 2:36 AM

If you have Windows 7, 8, or 10, Snipping Tool is your friend.  Once you capture what you want by dragging a window around it, you can either copy it (Ctrl+C) and paste it into a document, or save it as a separate .jpg file.

I use it all the time at work and at home for projects.  Works on documents, as well as pictures...

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Posted by selector on Sunday, January 22, 2017 2:40 AM

Most keyboards have a key up top that sez, "Print Screen".

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Posted by gregc on Sunday, January 22, 2017 5:30 AM

almost all browsers have a way to save an image being displayed.   On Chrome, right-click over the image and select "save image as ..."

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Posted by superbe on Monday, January 23, 2017 7:19 PM

Tom

and you said

"If you have Windows 7, 8, or 10, Snipping Tool is your friend"

I tried the tool and it works great.

Thanks,

Bob

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, January 23, 2017 8:36 PM

Why bother printing the entire screen?  Simply right click on the image, then select "Save image as...".  That'll put it in your computer in a file of your choosing, and from there, you can print it to whatever size you wish.

Wayne

 

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