I intend to take a screen shot of my desktop, and cut somethings out, how do I do this without reducing the quality.

I intially took it to MS word, edited it, but do not know how to JPEG it. Please advise asap.

Since you have office installed, GOT TO

1. Start->Programs->Microsoft office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Picture manager.
2. Take your screenshot with "prnt scrn" key
3. Click Edit menu-> Paste
4. Click to select the picture and go to File Menu-> Export
5. On the export panel on the right hand side, choose your settings (Under "Export with this format", choose jpeg)
6. Click "ok".

Since you have office installed, GOT TO

1. Start->Programs->Microsoft office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Picture manager.
2. Take your screenshot with "prnt scrn" key
3. Click Edit menu-> Paste
3b. Use Picture Menu->crop to cut the picture
4. Click to select the picture and go to File Menu-> Export
5. On the export panel on the right hand side, choose your settings (Under "Export with this format", choose jpeg)
6. Click "ok".

You could also do it with powerpoint, corel draw, photoshop e.t.c. it depends on which of them you have installed.

do u have photoshop?

if not, try ms paint, but i hate paint cos it tends to smear ur jpg when u save it.

try installing photoshop.

after installing PS, take the screenshot first,
then go to PS, file > new
it will ask you for the size u wanna make ur canvas, if you have an image on ur clipboard, then it will default to clipboard.
leave it at clipboard and it will open a canvas for you to work

contrl V to paste and there you have it.

you can edit it further by using the marquee tool to select the area you want and crop it, then save as jpeg.
if u wanna use it on the web, try optimizing ur image, by saving it for web

Thanks, will try to get photoshop on monday.

printscreen and paste into Paint.

use eraser tool to remove all the pron video icons on ur desktop,
save file as JPEG
tiny pic/imageshack the jpeg file
and u're good to go!

photoshop, a 400mb - 1gb download just because of screenshots

here are links to the screenshot tools i use

screenshotcaptor
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Capture/Screenshot-Captor.shtml

screenparts
http://www.knas.se/knas_ScreenParts.aspx

picpick
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Capture/PicPick.shtml

and if you're using windows vista or 7, it has a bundled utility - snipping tool - just type snip in your startmenu