Print Screen?

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When I press the Print Screen key on my keyboard, it tries to print the
entire document, not just is what on the screen. I have to copy/paste
everything on to a word processor, then print it out from there. Is there a
keyboard command using a combination of keys, or something else I don't know
about that will get the Print Screen key to work? I know there are software
programs out there for sale, but am curious why this key won't work. It's
frustrating, since I look at documents that are maybe 400-500 pages long and
sometimes I only want a certain page printed.
I tried MS KB but couldn't find anything using Print Screen as the keywords.

Thank you
WinXP Home Edition
 
CB said:
When I press the Print Screen key on my keyboard, it tries to print the
entire document, not just is what on the screen. I have to copy/paste
everything on to a word processor, then print it out from there. Is there a
keyboard command using a combination of keys, or something else I don't know
about that will get the Print Screen key to work? I know there are software
programs out there for sale, but am curious why this key won't work. It's
frustrating, since I look at documents that are maybe 400-500 pages long and
sometimes I only want a certain page printed.
I tried MS KB but couldn't find anything using Print Screen as the keywords.

Thank you
WinXP Home Edition
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Clearly, your PrtScn button is broken. Something has reconfigured your
PrtScn button to do something other than standard. Something you did,
or something that some program (nefarious or otherwise) has done. It's
not standard. You need to figure out what that is.

PrtScn should only just copy the contents of the full screen to the
clipboard, and from there you paste into a program that can receive the
picture.

If you want only a certain page to print, PrtScn isn't really the way to
print a "certain" page. On the printer dialog box, look for an option
to "print current page only".
 
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CB said:
When I press the Print Screen key on my keyboard, it tries to print
the entire document, not just is what on the screen. I have to
copy/paste everything on to a word processor, then print it out from
there.
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If it's doing that, then something is very much wrong. That's not
normal behavior of the PrintScrn key. Look to see if you have a
special program installed to modify or enhance the functions of
this key.
 
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