screenshots

[princekstro]

if i take a pic with my prtsc button on vista, where does the pic get
saved??? i cant find where

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1. Open Vista's "Help and Support".
2. In the Search box type in: Print Screen
3. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
4. Click on the topic: "Take a screen capture (print screen).

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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if i take a pic with my prtsc button on vista, where does the pic get
saved??? i cant find where

 

[Charlie42]

if i take a pic with my prtsc button on vista, where does the pic get
saved??? i cant find where

Hit Ctrl-PrtScr. The screenshot is placed on the clipboard. You can paste it
into a document, bitmap, graphics file etc.

Charlie42

 

[FiOS Dave]

You might want to learn how to use the Snipping Tool.
I almost NEVER use PrtScrn anymore!
I keep the Snipping Tool running in my Taskbar so I can
get to it quickly, especially if there is something on a
webpage I want to save. doesn't matter if the webpage has
been "locked out", you can still capture it!

Dave

 

[Nonny]

You might want to learn how to use the Snipping Tool.

You might want to learn to ask the OP what version of Vista is in use
before suggesting that.

 

[JethroUK©]

The screenshot is saved in the clipboard - just the same as when you use the
'copy' command

And in exactly the same way you can use 'paste' command (or CTRL + V) to
paste it back into a document

 

[Guest]

In short it goes on the clipboard as a bitmap.
Copying the Screen
Key Description
Prt Scn Copies the whole screen to the clipboard as a graphic or the screen with the mouse if using multiple monitors. Use MS Paint to paste the image. This is also known as Snap Desktop.
Depending on Prt Scn key settings on the Misc tab of a Dos program's properties, a Dos program can still print to printer with Prt Scn key.

Alt + Prt Scn Copies the active window to the clipboard as a graphic. This is also known as Snap Windows.
Ctrl + Prt Scn Copies the entire virtual screen when using multiple monitors to the clipboard as a graphic. Unlike the other two Print Screens above this one doesn't appear to have a name, or if so, it is not listed in the Windows' header files.
Ctrl + Alt + Number Pad Minus Key Copies the active window to the Remote Desktop clipboard as a graphic (same as Prt Scn locally)
Ctrl + Alt + Number Pad Plus Key Copies the whole screen to the Remote Desktop clipboard as a graphic (same as Alt + Prt Scn locally)

To capture a screen from a DVD or other hardware type playback, disable Overlays in Media Player's Tools menu - Options - Performance - Advanced. This won't work on every computer as video drivers can use overlays and not every driver provides a way to turn off. In short, Print Screen won't work if overlays are being used.

Media Player has its own similar feature for DVDs only (Ctrl + I) but is usually not available due to computer hardware issues and also content protection issues.

Programs such as Outlook Express won't allow pasting of non web graphics. Paste into MS Paint and Save As a web graphic. If sending the screenshot by email save it as a jpeg, gif, or png file before sending (in MS Paint, File - Save As then choose a format in Save As Type). As colour usually isn't important for screenshots a way to make a file really small is save as a Gif (this reduces it to 256 colours), then save the Gif as a Png (lossless and better compression than Gif) or Jpeg (lossy).

To take screenshots of menus in the current window use the Alt key and keep it held down throughout the entire procedure. Alt + a letter key to access menus, then arrow keys to move the selection, then Print Screen. Release Alt.

Run MS Paint

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

if i take a pic with my prtsc button on vista, where does the pic get
saved??? i cant find where

In memory.

Back in the days of DOS, the PrtScn 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-PrtScn to capture an image of the active window. Either one
captures the image to the Windows clipboard (in memory). 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

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I keep the Snipping Tool running in my Taskbar so I can
get to it quickly,

I sent it to my Quick Launch bar. I like that availability better than
having it idling on the TaskBar. Just a thought.

(click Start and type "snip" in Start/Search but do not hit Enter. The tool
appears at the top of the menu. Right click it and choose Add to Quick
Launch.)