File Size

[W.Neill]

Could someone explain to me why a Print Screen that is
copied into a new Excel 2000 workbook and then saved is
48KB while a Printscreen that is copied into Paint, edited
(trimmed) to less than a quarter of the original area is
more than 420KB?

I am trying to build a library of Screen Shots in Excel of
Stock Market data from a different Application that will
only require a part of the screen to be copied, but I
don't see a way in Excel to completely eliminate the
unnecessary data as it is only 'hidden' even though the
straight 'paste' into Excel is the smaller file size, so
far, by a long way.

Thanks in advance

 

[Paul Corrado]

Guessing that the difference is file compression. Paint may be saving the
image as a bitmap, which is much larger than a JPEG.

PC

 

[W.Neill]

Paul:

Many thanks... So, you are telling me that Excel is
saving the Print Screen as a JPEG..? Hmmm.. something I
didn't realise before...

Thanks again for the reply

Bill

 

[Myrna Larson]

You might want to investigate a utility called SnagIt for doing your screen captures. It allows
you to select just a part of the screen. It costs ~$40. Search for it on the Net.

 

[W.Neill]

Myrna:

Ahh.. I have SnagIt somewhere on my comp but not
installed - I'd forgotten about it.. Many Thanks for the
reminder.

-----Original Message-----
You might want to investigate a utility called SnagIt for

doing your screen captures. It allows

you to select just a part of the screen. It costs ~$40. Search for it on the Net.