How to take a screen?

[Joe Wheeler]

I have some really odd thing going on with the turn by turn calculations for money, manpower, war supply etc. Best way to ask for explanation is with a screen shot.

[Ol' Choctaw]

Do you have a screen capture program? There are some free ones to download, but be careful as you could pick up some unwanted malware along with some of them.

You will also need an account at photo bucket or Imgur or the like.

Capt. Orso has a tutorial somewhere on the subject, also. Though I can’t seem to find it atm.

The software should let you know how to for the program. Imgur is pretty easy to use too. You have to upload the image and it should give you a link to it for various uses. Forums should be one of them.

[tripax]

On my thinkpad its "Fn" + "Insert", and it puts the screenshot into the clipboard which I can save into paint or whatever.

[Joe Wheeler]

Sorry for the question, but what is "Fn"? Thanks.

[Ol' Choctaw]

It is a functions key. Look over your keyboard.

[ArmChairGeneral]

I use Greenshot as Capt. Orso recommended in the thread Ol' Choctaw referenced. I really like that it allows you to take partial screens of only the parts you want so you don't have to crop anything before posting (I think most dedicated screenshot programs have this feature.) AFAIK it did not come with unwanted programs/advertising, although I am not 100% certain.