It took me long enough. Gimp2 is a pain when trying to capture screen shots that go beyond the bottom of the window. They have to be captured sequentially. Corel Paint Shop Pro is a lot easier, unfortunately, my version isn’t supported any longer and since I had to reinstall it it doesn’t take my license key. Dumb, dumb, dumb software.
I found PrintKey years ago when it was still freeware, both for individuals and companies, and it works better than all the others (MWsnap,. etc.) Just install it (it will load with Windows (but you can stop that by going to run>msconfig>startup) and then just right click on the icon in the system tray (next to clock) and choose open. Then configure the hot keys. I use Q and Ctrl to copy rectangular selection to clip board, and then you can copy whatever it on your screen, and past it into a Word pro (like OpenOffice). I use TextShield which has an autopast feature for multiple copy/pastes, or you can use a hot key combo to save what you copy to the drive.
Now they want $20.00 for Printkey, but here is a link i just found that offers the last freeware version: http://www.gizdic.com/freewebmasterstuff/ccount-freeware/click.php?id=1 It works in W/95 too Vista.
I also use AutoHotKey (free) to writer scripts to launch things by hot keys, even simultaneously, including web pages. Safe and not malware/nagware, etc.
Praise the Lord.
I use a freeware (donation) screenshot capture program called Screenshot Captor. It has a feature that lets you in one shot capture windows too tall to get all on the screen at the same time. Try it, I really like it.