screen shots

[Guest]

i am trying to find out how to print screen shots of an active window.
please help!!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Print Screen button (or use with ALT key)
http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/tips/print-screen-key.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

i am trying to find out how to print screen shots of an active window.
please help!!

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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[Guest]

You can use Paint to see the printscreen.
Open Paint, click Edit and click Paste.
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Paint

 

[Gord Dibben]

Hit the PrtScn button then paste from the clipboard into your favorite
graphics program and print from there.

Gord

 

[johnf]

Seeing you're trying to capture ACTIVE windows, have a look at SnagIt
http://www.techsmith.com/

 

[Ken Blake]

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i am trying to find out how to print screen shots of an active
window.
please help!!

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).