Steps for screenshots
Use maximum screen resolution.
Press the print screen key.
Go to your screenshots directory. (look at the place where you installed wow on your computer.)



This screenshot is a combination of two full screenshots.
Since Shamans are a hybrid class, it is important to get their melee AND their casting stats.

Log into your character and turn off all buffs before taking screen shots (you don't want you buyers accusing you of being misleading!)

Open your character information screen. In wow, pressing Z will unsheath your weapons and make you look better.

While you are going through this process, it is important to mouseover any stats that display extra information. If you are a mage, your spell crit % which is displayed might be 13%, but if you mouse over, you see the fire spells are 24%. Either explain that missing information in the forum post, or take a screenshot of that information from the mouseover.

If you're using a middleman, they may appreciate it if you send them unedited screenshots and let them handle the editing. Unedited screenshots show a little legitimacy. If you cut the character name out, etc., you just flushed your trust factor.

HOW TO TAKE THE SCREENSHOT
The easiest way of taking a screenshot is to have the video game client do it for you. Set your resolution high, and set the client to full screen mode. For most games, the screenshot key is mapped to the key shown in this picture. The game client will place the screenshot in a location such as: C:\wow\Screenshots If you have taken many screenshots and cannot locate your screenshot, then click on View and select Details, then click on the Modified column of your window. Screenshots will be arranged according to date and time. Screenshots are an important tool for proving account ownership. Anyone can find a profile and claim that they own it, but they will probably lack screenshots to go with it. Most games have a /time command that can be used to show that your screenshot was recent.

Editing your screenshot:
For safety, you must remove your character name by marking over it. For presentation, you may wish to crop your screenshot. (Cut out the stuff you want to separate it from the rest of the picture. This reduces size and causes more focus on the intended subject.) The easiest and most accessible program for editing your screenshot is mspaint. Click on your start button, click run, type mspaint, then press enter. This program is very basic, but gets the job done.

Mspaint and the Print Screen button can be used to take pictures of anything, even if the game client isn't mapped to that key. Windows uses that key to send whatever is in your screen into your 'clip board' - if you load a screen into memory, open mspaint, and then select EDIT and PASTE - the screenshot will be loaded into mspaint.

Set your wow client resolution to the highest resolution and your font to something that is big and easy to read. If you do not, your screenshots will be hard to read.