I have an HP computer that is a little over a year old and on the very top row there is a button to the left of the delete button that says "ins" (on top of button and "prt sc"(on lower half of the button.

Now, when I have Picasa on and minimized (it won't work unless Picasa is on, don't ask me why) all you have to do is press that button and it takes a screen shot of what ever is on the screen at the time..anything..an email, picture, something from Ebay or the web. I just stumbled on this by accident by pressing this button in error instead of the delete button and VOILA! I use it all the time! I don't know if my older now dead computers had this button and if they did I wasn't aware of it, but they might have.
Then of course it goes to my pictures and I have to change it from a png to a jpeg and send it the regular way you send pictures.

I know I'm not very articulate in explaining things since I didn't grow up with computers...and have been muddling my way through for the past 6/7 years...

You can than crop out just the text or picture that you wish to send.

Now there may indeed be an easier way and if there is I'd be interested too, but this has been a lifesaver for me as I used to take "pictures" of the screen in order to save something or send it in an email or whatever.
I use this method constantly to save pictures or text whenever I see something I want to save..now, if you have a lengthy article, you may have to do this several times to get the entire article. As I say, there may be an easier way...

Donna

Here is an example:

Donna

Carol