I know how to use the Print Screen to take screenshots but is there a dedicated program on Windows 7 for taking screenshots?

where to find?

Hold down the [Ctrl] key and press [PrtScrn] to copy the screen to the clipboard.
Open your graphics tool, create a new image from the clipboard.

PS = Ctrl+N -> select clipboard as template -> Ctrl+V to paste the screenshot

GIMP -> File -> Create -> From Clipboard.


Paint -> Ctrl+N -> Ctrl+V

There are plenty of dedicated programs. Try searching your favorite search engine. They aren't hard to find. There are also extensions for Firefox and Chrome that will capture screenshots from the browser.

On the Mac we have a really good screen grab system with a ton of options.

cmd + shift + 3 = screen grab
cmd + shift + 4 = target grab (drag the area you want to capture)
cmd + shift + 4 + space = shapshot of window.

Pretty simple and sweet.

Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions) has the Snipping Tool for taking screenshots:
Start button - All programs - Accessories - Snipping tool

Nice!!!

I should play more with Windows 7

Originally Posted by Kelpie

Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions) has the Snipping Tool for taking screenshots:
Start button - All programs - Accessories - Snipping tool

Ah, awesome! thank you so much Kelpie!

And the Snipping tool is excellent for making labels for data DVDs you can have a list of files printed very quickly.