Great Tech Tip - Making Banners & Buttons

Active rainers! Ever want to know a fast way to make a banner or cut and paste design? try this....

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In the upper right of your keyboard, press the key on your keyboard titled "print screen"

then go to your paint program and click the rectangular box.

next step is to right click on your mouse, then when it says "paste", go ahead and click it... what you will have will be a snapshot of what you are looking at! pretty neat? huh?

You will be able to cut and paste your message into a button, or banner and create your desired message. take time to work with it for a while...After all, Rome was not built in a day.

quick example below

Be well..and good luck with this NEW and exciting tool that your learned on ACTIVE RAIN..hope this helps all real estate agents nationwide, as it will help the consumers, and most importantly, the American housing market! Then the world!

click the pictures below and watch what happens.....

                

 
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29 Comments on Great Tech Tip - Making Banners & Buttons

Great tip. Boy I still have lots to learn. I can use this information to do my banners. I have often wondered how to do this.

05/01/2008 07:09 AM by Laura Jefferson (Asset Realty)

Laura: this is the joy I get outta life...watching the lightbulb go on around peoples heads! hope this works for you!

05/01/2008 07:10 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

That is neat.  I just did it and it works perfectly.  Thank you.

05/01/2008 07:18 AM by Gary McAdams (GMAC Schwartz Property Sales)

COOL! Work it like a dog....put ads on craig's list, make flyers,,,,,be the best marketer online you know...hehe - be well Gary

05/01/2008 07:20 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Tried it and it worked!!! Amazing. Something on the Pc that worked first time . Thanks for the tip

05/01/2008 07:21 AM by Charlie Ragonesi Big Canoe Realestate Jasper,Ellijay,Ball Ground,Benttree (All Mountain Realty)

hope you knock'em dead with this tool charlie!

05/01/2008 07:29 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Wow, that is amazing!  Thank you for the tip!

05/01/2008 08:12 AM by Jeannie Kontis - Lancaster Real Estate, Lancaster PA Homes for Sale (Long & Foster Real Estate, Lancaster PA)

ur welcome Jeannie

05/01/2008 08:16 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Very cool - banners and buttons OH MY!!!!!!  This is like being 6 again and gettinhg a new coloring book!

Tina in Virginia

05/01/2008 11:29 AM by Tina Merritt - Virginia Beach Real Estate (Long & Foster Oceanfront - Virginia Tech Hokie)

hope you enjoy this tina

05/01/2008 12:58 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Thanks for the tip.  How do you create the hyperlink from the image?.....I have much to learn!

05/01/2008 01:33 PM by Matt Moxhay Moorestown Real Estate (Prudential Fox & Roach)

This helps thanks.  

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05/01/2008 01:53 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

That is cool! BTW I don't use paint, but it works just fine for the graphics programs I DO use. Thanks.

05/01/2008 02:59 PM by Leslie Prest, Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty

Steve- Thanks a bunch!  Very Helpful.  You Da Man

05/01/2008 03:26 PM by Matt Moxhay Moorestown Real Estate (Prudential Fox & Roach)

Hi Steve,

Visibility is more important than ability! 

Many successful people are average, but they market themselves very well!

05/01/2008 03:39 PM by Dan Woodworth * Encouraging Communicator (The Connection)

thanks for dropping by Dan

05/01/2008 07:29 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Cool tip. Thanks.

05/01/2008 08:42 PM by Karen Luke - Henry County Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty )

Steve - This is really cool, thanks for all your tips! :)

05/01/2008 09:08 PM by Maria Mastrolonardo - Naperville Illinois Real Estate (RE/MAX of Naperville)

Karen/Maria - thanks for stopping by, and I hope you get as much joy as I do when I use these programs....great thing is we get PAID by our clients....its a true LABOR of LOVE!

05/01/2008 09:23 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

more tips

05/02/2008 10:56 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Hi Steve - thanks for the tip in your post, as well as those you included in your comments. Love your header picture with your website in it - very nice looking! Ann

05/03/2008 08:31 PM by Portsmouth NH Real Estate ~ Ann Cummings (RE/MAX Coast to Coast - Portsmouth New Hampshire)

Aloha Steve,

Thanks for the info! I learn something new everyday on AR.

Peace,

05/03/2008 08:54 PM by Kimo Stowell (JDS Consulting Staging & Interiors)

mahalo Ann/Kimo

05/03/2008 09:19 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Steve, found this on Marti's weekly blog post.......great tips. I will definitely give this a shot. Thanks so much! ;-)

Pepper

05/16/2008 10:47 PM by Mesa, Arizona Real Estate *** Teri Ellis, Broker, ABR,CRS,GRI,ePRO,MRE (Homes Arizona Real Estate LLC)

Terri glad you liked it!  stop by and visit when you can!

 

05/16/2008 10:55 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

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06/28/2008 08:11 PM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

Thank you very much for sharing, good info...will forward this to my office.

06/29/2008 12:17 AM by Shane Sarae, Senior Mortgage Planner (Loan Network LLC)

thanks for coming by shane.

06/29/2008 08:06 AM by Steve Harless (REALTY WORLD LUXURY HOMES -702.217.1680)

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