Charles,

The magnifier literally magnifies the screen, it doesn't increase the resolution of the objects being magnified.  That is why everything looks blocky/chunky.  Thus there is no difference between capturing a magnified screen and capturing a non-magnified screen and then zooming in on the image.  

Try taking a regular screenshot of what you want to show, paste it into MS Paint (shudder! -- use Paint.NET), using the zoom tool to make it as big on the screen as you want, and taking another screenshot (which you can crop out the window frame).

Erich



On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 16:50, Deborah Fitchett eloquently inscribed:

> There's a few possibilities I can think of:
> * Maybe Word is just automatically scaling it to the size of the page available
> * Maybe Paint scales it
> * Maybe Windows just "remembers" that even though you're *looking* at
> the screen at 200%, the data is still the same so the screenshot is the same
> size no matter how much you scale
> 
> I don't know, this isn't an area I work in. Maybe there's a way to do what you
> need to, but given the trouble you're having maybe there just isn't. So as a
> last-ditch resort if all else fails - have you considered using a cellphone to take
> a photo of the screen?
> 
> Deborah
> 
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> Capturing Graphics for a Handout
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>  My esteemed listamtes,
> I wish you could sit next to me and see what I see.
> 
> I've been doing screenshots for years - windows logo key + shift key + S
> - no problem.
> 
> It's capturing the enlargement off that using the  magnifier.
> 
> Maybe there's a better  tool?
> 
> I want to share a handout that shows you 2 open File Explorer windows so
> you can see how you can drag a file from one drive to another.
> 
> In normal view the files and folders and enlarge up to 200%.
> 
> I then have tried 2 different ways to capture that so I can thn place that into
> the Word handout 'lve created.
> 
> I've tried pressing the Print screen only on a LAPTOP (not a desktop) and it
> captures that and I paste that into MS Paint - still looking good. I then save
> that as a jpg.
> 
> But, when I open Word and click Insert > Picture it doesn't look 200%
> anymore - it's  back to the tiny 100%.
> 
> So, next time I press the FN key AND the Printscreen key and pasted that
> into Paint - looks good.
> 
> But, again o[en that saved kpg in Word and click Insert > Pictures and it's
> again no loinger 200%.
> 
> I have enlarged the  screen to 200% using that magnifier and then pressed
> the Windows + shift + S key and copied that and pasted THAT directly into
> Word - still NOT 200%.
> 
> Camtasia is not free. I need a FREE way to accomplish this.
> 
> Paint.net? DaVinci Resolve?
> 
> How can I attach any files - jpgs, pdfs, of what I see here in the
> digest of messages?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Charles.
> 
> Charlotte County Public Library
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