how do i take a screenshot?

[zach]

i need to know how to take a screen. theres hotkeys i
think but i forgot them.

[Frank GoBell]

zach > wrote:
> i need to know how to take a screen. theres hotkeys i
> think but i forgot them.

Well, without third-party software, you can press the PrintScreen key on
your keyboard. Then, open Paint, click Edit - Paste, and there it is.

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Frank GoBell

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Pressing the <PrtScn> key copies the entire display to the
clipboard. Pressing <ALT>+<PrtScn> copies only the active Window to
the clipboard. To view the screen capture, open a graphics program,
such as MS Paint, and press <CTRL>+V. This will paste the contents of
the clipboard (your screenshot) into the open file, and allow you to
view it or save it as a file for later use.

How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?PR=1&scid=kb;en-us;Q173884



Bruce Chambers

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"zach" > wrote in message
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> i need to know how to take a screen. theres hotkeys i
> think but i forgot them.

[Ken Blake]

In ,
zach > typed:

> i need to know how to take a screen. theres hotkeys i
> think but i forgot them.


Back in the days of DOS, the PrintScrn key used to print the
screen. But in all versions of Windows, this works differently,
and the name of the key is now an anachronism.

To use the key, press it to capture an image of the entire
screen, or press alt-PrintScrn to capture an image of the active
window. Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard.

Once it's in the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any
application that supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics
programs, even your favorite word processor). You can edit or add
to the image as you wish, then print it.

This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing
it is an improvement over the original DOS method of just
printing it. But if you'd like that old facility back, there are
several third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this.


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Ken Blake
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