Meaning of keyboard keys

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(1) Print Screen/SysRq - doesn't print anything. Why?
(2) What does the Pause/Break key do?
(3) How do you use the Insert key?
 
Greetings --

1) Pressing the <PrtScn> key copies the entire display to the
clipboard. Pressing <ALT>+<PrtScn> copies only the active Window to
the clipboard (iow, into RAM). 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

2) A hold-over from MSDOS and other CLI operating systems; I'm not
aware of any function it serves in Windows.

3) The <Insert> key is used to toggle on/off character
insertion/replacement at the cursor location when typing within a text
or word processing file.


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Hi, Bruce.
2) A hold-over from MSDOS and other CLI operating systems; I'm not
aware of any function it serves in Windows.
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Au contraire, Bruce!

First, the Pause function works in many places, even before Windows loads,
to halt whatever the computer is doing. (Some people have even been known
to cheat at computer games by Pausing while they look up clues in a book.)
It doesn't always work, but it's worth a try. When the computer is first
booting, for example, and those black screens are flashing on and off so
quickly, the Pause key will give you a chance to read the BIOS information
or other text. Press almost any other key to continue.

The Break function doesn't always work in Windows. When it does, it doesn't
just Pause the action, but interrupts it - and might exit the program.

But my favorite use of this key is with the Windows logo key (between Ctrl
and Alt). Hold the Win key and press Pause/Break and the System Properties
screen should pop up in front of you. Just as if you had clicked Start |
Control Panel | System - but quicker. ;<)

RC
 
The Win logo key does a whole lot more than just get you into the System
Properties screen quickly. Search "list of keys" in Help and Support and
you'll find over a dozen shortcuts using the win logo key.
 
"Justme" said in news:[email protected]:
The Win logo key does a whole lot more than just get you into the
System Properties screen quickly. Search "list of keys" in Help and
Support and you'll find over a dozen shortcuts using the win logo key.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I like the Win+L combo to immediate lockup my computer when I need
to walk away from it without having to logoff. Win+E to popup Explorer.
Win+R for the Run dialog. Win+M to minimize all windows at once. Lots
of goody shortcuts.
 
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