Screenshot problem

[Earl Bross]

Hi NG,

I have been told that by

"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."

That doesn't work for me for some reason. Nothing gets captured when I press
the PrtScn and/or the ALT + PrtScn.

I have also been told that


"just press the "Print Screen" key. Then click Start, All Programs,
Accessories and the click on WordPad. When WordPad opens, at the top of the
screen click on Edit and then Paste and you should see the screenshot."

I tried that too, I open the Edit Bookmark but the Paste button is still
gray (closed)and cannot PASTE.

What is wrong? Is there a setting inside the heart of my XP Pro that has to
be lifted? ALL Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any and all help that you can offer me

Earl

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

After you've taken the screen shot, by pressing either <PrtScn> or
<Alt>+<PrtScn>, click on Start > Run and type in "clipbrd" (without
the quotes) and press <Enter>. This should open the Clipboard viewer
to show you what you've captured. What happens when you do try this?

Bruce Chambers

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