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i think im a moron but when i hit the prt scrn button i
cant figure out where the image goes and how i can axcess
it plz help lol Thanks
 
It goes in the memory of the computer (I THINK), Just like if you cut and
paste in word. once you open up word or whatever and click paste it will
paste!

Thanks
 
It goes into the Clipboard and can be pasted to your favorite graphics
application like MS Paint or into Word and any other that accepts graphics.

Gord
 
joe said:
i think im a moron but when i hit the prt scrn button i
cant figure out where the image goes and how i can axcess
it plz help lol Thanks
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You're not a moron. When you hit the Print Screen key, the image gets
copied to your clipboard. You then need to open up an image program
like MS Paint and paste the image in. Just clicking the Print Screen
key takes a screenshot of your whole desktop; holding down the Alt key
while you click the Print Screen key will take a screenshot of just the
active window.

Malke
 
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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Joe, to answer your question it goes to the Clipboard, to access the
Clipboard click Start, Run and enter clipbrd and click OK.
 
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joe said:
i think im a moron but when i hit the prt scrn button i
cant figure out where the image goes and how i can axcess
it plz help lol Thanks
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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.
 
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