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Bob Lee

I would like to know in XP is there a way to print out what is on the
scree?. I press the Prt sc button on my keyboard but that doesn't print
anything on my printer.
 
Hi

After hitting that key open MS Paint and use Ctrl + V to import the image.
You can then either print from there or save the image and print later.

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PrintScreen copies the entire screen to the clipboard
Alt-PrintScreen copies the current window to the clipboard.

Open Paint (Start Menu-Programs-Accessories-Paint) or another image editor.
Paste the contents of the clipboard into it by pressing Ctrl-C

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Mark Dormer
 
Bob said:
I would like to know in XP is there a way to print out what is on the
scree?. I press the Prt sc button on my keyboard but that doesn't print
anything on my printer.
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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/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;173884


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Bob said:
I would like to know in XP is there a way to print out what is on the
scree?. I press the Prt sc button on my keyboard but that doesn't
print anything on my printer.
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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, such as PrintKey2000
(http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm).
 
Ken Blake said:
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, such as PrintKey2000
(http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm).
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Maybe should be renamed "ScrnCap" (Screen Capture). or ScrnSht (Screen
Shot).
 
Andrew said:
Maybe should be renamed "ScrnCap" (Screen Capture). or ScrnSht
(Screen Shot).
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My opinion is that changing the name of anything is almost always a bad
idea, no matter how much better the new is than the old. It confuses people
and causes more problems than it solves.
 
okay I'm having a weird problem i see the prt sc button but when i press it
and then go to oaint, and press ctrl v it doesnt do anything
 
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