Re: Printing a picture of my desktop

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From: Bjarni (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:05:48 -0700

I believe it is ALT + Print Screen to capture the active
app
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>"TopGunz" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>>I am trying to assist someone in compiling a training
>> package and we need to capture the image of their
desktop
>> and print it complete with icons. Anyone know how to do
>> this?
>> Thanks
>
>There is some fancy commercial software you can buy
(SnagIT etc) but Windows
>has the ability built-in.
>
>To take a screenshot of whatever is on your screen, push
the Print Screen
>button on your keyboard (usually on the right, above the
Insert button and
>next to Scroll Lock.) The image has now been copied to
the "clipboard"
>
>Then, open up any image editing program-- you can use
Paintbrush or even MS
>Word. Select that program's "Paste" option (or hit CTRL-
V). The image
>should appear. Resize it and edit as necessary and then
you can print it.
>
>Another hint-- if you hold down the CTRL button while
hitting Print Screen,
>it will only take a picture of the currently selected
window (instead of the
>whole screen.) That can be useful.
>
>
>--
>Colin Nash
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
>
>
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