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i have a question, i'm home schooled and the book i have uses windows 98, so
its a bit different than xp of course. i basically need to know what
ALT+PRINT SCREEN does. i found out something about like a certain program
you can use it with, but i don't know what happens when you press it, and i
need to know.
 
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confusedgrl said:
i have a question, i'm home schooled and the book i have
uses windows 98, so its a bit different than xp of course.
i basically need to know what ALT+PRINT SCREEN does. i
found out something about like a certain program you can use
it with, but i don't know what happens when you press it,
and i need to know.
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The ALT + PRINT SCREEN keyboard combination copies the image of
the active window to the clipboard. You can them open up an
image editing program, such as paint, and paste the image into
that program.

Try this:
Open a program or folder.
Hit ALT + PRINT SCREEN.
Go to Start and click on Run.
Enter mspaint in the Open box and click OK.
Once Paint opens, click on Edit on the toolbar at the top of
the window and select Paste from the menu.
You can now save that image file in whatever format you prefer,
jpeg, bitmap, etc.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
confusedgrl said:
i have a question, i'm home schooled and the book i have uses windows
98, so its a bit different than xp of course. i basically need to
know what ALT+PRINT SCREEN does. i found out something about like a
certain program you can use it with, but i don't know what happens
when you press it, and i need to know.
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Windows 98 and Windows XP are the same in this regard. 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 at
http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm
 
confusedgrl said:
i have a question, i'm home schooled and the book i have uses windows 98, so
its a bit different than xp of course. i basically need to know what
ALT+PRINT SCREEN does. i found out something about like a certain program
you can use it with, but i don't know what happens when you press it, and i
need to know.
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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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i have a question, i'm home schooled and the book i have uses windows 98, so
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Get a new home school teacher as your current teacher had no clue:

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