Hi All,
I'm going to try to keep this to just my instance(s) (to limit replies):
Does anyone here know how birdsite users tweet longer than 140 characters in a single screen-shot?
I know about TwitLonger & that's not what I mean: it's as if they typed a paragraph, made a very clean, tidy picture of the text box, & uploaded it.
Which ... I'm assuming basically is what they did, but how exactly?
Thank you!
@s_evansUP that would be my guess.
But I'm wondering *how* exactly - what commands or software is used?
I'm trying to combine text (longer than 500 characters) with a picture & post it here & I'm a loss.
And feeling *very* stupid because this is *supposed* to be my thing.
* argh *
I don't mind giving up & moving on to something else, but I'd still like to know for future reference. I've been wondering about it for six months on the birdsite; it's about time I asked!
@cameronh1403 @s_evansUP text editor + selected screenshot (shift + screenshot frequently) would be my guess
Y'all are assuming I know how to create & save a screenshot! 🤣
Shift+screenshot (PrtSc?) doesn't work for me, but PrtSc into Paint & then cropping does.
I'll have to keep the target short/small b/c PrtSc captures EVERYTHING which is such a waste in this use, but still ... this gets me started.
I also discovered some new buttons to play with in my text editor (Open Office Writer)!
Thank you, Gentlemen!
@s_evansUP I went to post and tell you how to do it (it sounds like you are on Windows) and it turns out taking a screenshot on Windows seems really complicated!
Try Windowsbutton + Shift + S to select an area to screenshot.
Do you know what version of Windows you are on? (7, 8, 10?)
(Sidenote: if you like Open Office you may want to try Libreoffice. All the people who used to develop OO left and started LO a while back and it gets more frequent updates.)
I have a laptop w Windows 7 Pro.
Windowsbutton + Shift + S just gives me a capital S. 😕
Will investigate LibreOffice - thank you! There are some things I'm trying unsuccessfully to do in OO I used to do in Word; not imp't now, but it will be & would be better if I could get them working sooner rather than later. Perhaps LO can help.
I don't have my regular computer & registered software with me, so free, easy, & compatible w Win7 has to be it!
Thank you!
@s_evansUP Looks like they want you to use this "snipping tool":
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots
Ohhhhhhhhhhh .... I'm going to have fun with this!!
Have saved multiple versions - in multiple formats, have emailed to myself directly & as attachment, have pasted directly into this toot (!!) ...
(& have saved the link so I can't forget!)
This is going to be VERY useful - thank you!!
@s_evansUP @cameronh1403 just stumbled upon this. The 500 character limit is entirely within my control and I can extend it to anything if there's a demand for it :).
I did know this! I think witches.town (is that right?) has their toots set at 666 characters.
It's nice you said 'if there is a demand for it' and not something like 'the power is mine! All MINE! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!' 🤣
@s_evansUP @cameronh1403 haha its been such a tiring day I hope I didn't come off as maniacal. I've been playing around with the idea of increasing it to like 2,000 once we get to book club discussion time :)
No, no, no, no!
It was just the 'The 500 character limit is entirely within my control' part made me think of that & chuckle. 🙂
@s_evansUP They might type it up and then do a screenshot. Save the screenshot, post it as an image.
That's the easiest way I can think of to do it.