Below you will find instruction on how to capture a screen
as an image file,
which you can then send a an email attachment or insert into a document
| 1. | Open the chart in tradestation and navigate to the area/section you want to capture |
| 2. | In Tradestation click on File/Save As Picture .. |
| 3. | Navigate to the folder you want to save the picture in - i.e. "My Documents/My Pictures" |
| 3. | Click on SAVE AS button |
| 4. | Change "Save as Type" to JPEG (from "Windows Btimap") |
| 5. | Enter a filename, containing the symbol, etc - i.e. "MSFT_Daily_20050110" |
| 6. | Click on the SAVE button |
| 7. | Attach the new picture file (MSFT_Daily_20050110.jpeg) to
the email or insert into your Word Document |
Alternative way to capture any screen schot:
| 1. | Bring up the screen you want to capture |
| 2. | Press and hold the SHIFT button then click on the PrtScrn
button on your keyboard and release This will capture the current screen into the internal memory |
| 3. | Open a new (Word) Document |
| 4. | Paste the captured Picture with Edit/Paste (or Ctrl+V) Then press Enter twice and write your comments regarding the picture |
| 5. | If you have several pictures - repeat 1. thru 4. |
| 6. | Save the new (Word) Document |
| 7. | Email the new document as an attachment |
| 8. | To edit the picture - open the standard MS Paint program: Start/Run/Enter mspaint/Click on OK |
| 9. | Paste the captured Picture with Edit/Paste (or Ctrl+V) |
| 10. | To select only a selection of the full picture: Click on the 
Select box to enter select mode, the cross cursor appears |
| 11. | Click on the upper left corner and drag the mouse - while
holding down the mouse button - to the lower right corner - and release The dotted lines show you your selection - if you made a mistake click Edit/Undo (Ctrl+Z) and repeat |
| 12. | Capture your rectangle as a new picture, with Edit/Copy Then follow above 3. and 4. |
| 13. | To enter text into the Chart/Picture: Click on the 
Text box to enter text mode,, the cross cursor appears |
| 14. | Click on the upper left corner for the new text, and type in your text |
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