Getting Print-Screen to Work

RitingFool · 10-11-2003, 01:19 AM

How do you get Print-Screen to work? I'm trying to get a screen capture of my Norton Internet Security "About" screen for a rebate opportunity, but pressing the PrtScn (Print Screen) key does nothing, nor does hitting it with CONTROL, ALT or TAB! I have a Microsoft keyboard, and Win XP Home.

Any help here is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

philip · 10-11-2003, 03:51 AM

Do you mean it doesn't print? Have you tried pasting in paint or any other drawing program

Zuvio · 10-11-2003, 05:21 AM

Yeah, printscreen has nothing (or little) to do with your printer! It is a function that captures your current screen and copies it to the memory. You can then proceed to 'paste' it in any graphical editing program!

Paladin2000 · 10-11-2003, 06:33 AM

Easy...

1. Hit the "print Screen" key.

2. Open Ms Paint.

3. Hit "Ctrl"+"V" (paste) simultaneously.

4. Save the image as *.jpg or *.bmp

Intrepid · 10-11-2003, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paladin2000:
Easy...

1. Hit the "print Screen" key.

2. Open Ms Paint.

3. Hit "Ctrl"+"V" (paste) simultaneously.

4. Save the image as *.jpg or *.bmp

Windows XP has introduced a new format which paint can write to *.PNG it is a great format, although larger than a jpg it has the quality of a bitmap it is great especially if there are few colours in the image such as that of a screen capture. Not really relevant just thought i'd add it.

10-11-2003, 05:21 AM	#3
Zuvio Gold Dragon Join Date: May 19, 2002 Location: Blessed are those who are not.... Age: 43 Posts: 2,556	Yeah, printscreen has nothing (or little) to do with your printer! It is a function that captures your current screen and copies it to the memory. You can then proceed to 'paste' it in any graphical editing program! __________________ [img]\"http://img121.exs.cx/img121/4236/zuviodemonnoname2hf.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

10-11-2003, 06:33 AM	#4
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 53 Posts: 1,728	Easy... 1. Hit the "print Screen" key. 2. Open Ms Paint. 3. Hit "Ctrl"+"V" (paste) simultaneously. 4. Save the image as .jpg or .bmp __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

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10-11-2003, 01:19 AM	#1
RitingFool The Magister Join Date: June 6, 2001 Location: Irvine, CA USA Age: 60 Posts: 121	How do you get Print-Screen to work? I'm trying to get a screen capture of my Norton Internet Security "About" screen for a rebate opportunity, but pressing the PrtScn (Print Screen) key does nothing, nor does hitting it with CONTROL, ALT or TAB! I have a Microsoft keyboard, and Win XP Home. Any help here is greatly appreciated. Regards, Michael

10-11-2003, 03:51 AM	#2
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Do you mean it doesn't print? Have you tried pasting in paint or any other drawing program

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