You forgot you're talking to a computer dumbie. I use to be ablt to ctrl c at the same time to copy and ctrl v to paste everything but for some reason I couldn't do that this time. I have the newspaper now and can scan it for anyone who wants it, picture and all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Marr" <marrdye@bellsouth.net> To: <arizard@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Thelma “Granny” Gilstrap > Vera, > > When a site won't let you copy and paste, just do a screen shot of the > page > where the photo is. Scroll up or down or sideways to get the image of > interest > fully within the borders of the window, hit Alt+PrintScreen (i.e. > simultaneously) which will copy the visible contents of the window, open > Windows > Paint (comes with Windows, so you should have it), hit Edit --> Paste, > then crop > the photo, cut (or copy) the area you just cropped, clear the screen, and > paste > the just-cropped image onto a fresh Paint screen. Crop if necessary. (I > just > reduce the canvas size to something ridiculously small before pasting so I > know > it won't have white space around it. This eliminates the need for further > cropping.) Then save the file in JPG format which can then be transferred > to > Find A Grave or attached to or inserted into an email or wherever. > > You could even copy the whole obituary this way and eliminate the need to > transcribe it. > > PM me if that's not clear or doesn't work. It's simpler to do than to try > to > explain in detail. I'm not at my own computer right now or I'd go find it > myself. I can look at it in a couple of hours if needed. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Vera Reeves <velane@centurytel.net> > To: arizard@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 6:51:12 AM > Subject: [ARIZARD] Thelma “Granny” Gilstrap > > There is an obituary with a picture for Thelma “Granny” Gilstrap in the > Calico > Rock newspaper on line. > > They don't let you cut and paste. > When the paper comes out I will be happy to scan and send a copy. > Lorene from Washington sent a copy a couple of days ago. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >