You beat me to it :)

To copy the whole screen just hit the print screen button then open MS Paint and paste it. To print just the active window press and hold the alt key then press print screen and paste into MS Paint.

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Message Edited by ke4wkp on 02-24-2004 03:39 AM

melmcbee,

Press "print screen" button on keyboard. Open paint (start>>programs>>accessories). Press "ctrl & V" at the same time. Select "file" and "save as" a bitmap or jpeg using whatever name you wish. I prefer jpeg over bitmap due to the smaller file size. You can view and print the file with paint or other picture viewer, or email it as an attachment,,etc.

Steve

 

Thanks to both of you. I have never used the MS Paint program so I guess I will have to read up on it. Will this file end up in the "my pictures" folder? I guess I want to know how I find it if I am writing someone and want to attach it to my post. Thank you again.

 

I dont mean in an email but in a forum type enviroment.

Message Edited by melmcbee on 02-24-2004 12:40 PM

ke4wkp:

I tried your suggestion and came up with a split page, can you please tell me what I did wrong? I have been trying to do this same thing for some time now with no success. I have to say I'm not the most computer literate. I would like to capture the active window not the whole page. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Donald000:
I searched around google and I couldn't find anything about your problem with the split screen. Sorry :) If I come across anything I will post it here.

Melmcbee:
To find MS Paint Click Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->Paint.

To save Click file-->Click Save as.... And you can choose where you want to save it.


Dell Inspiron 8100 1000Mhz A15
512MB Ram Win XP Home SP1
Nvidia GeForce2 Go 32MB v44.82

"And then one day you find ten
years have got behind you. No
one told you when to run, you
missed the starting gun."

Message Edited by ke4wkp on 02-24-2004 03:32 PM

Couldn't you also press print screen and then go to notepad, and paste it in this program and then save?

ke4wkp:

Thank you for your reply. Just knowing that some one would take the time to reply is great.

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aps@sun wrote:    Couldn't you also press print screen and then go to notepad, and paste it in this program and then save?

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NO , you can paste it to Paint though as image is compatible.
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Edit:
Once picture is captured you can also view using "Run"  & type
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CLIPBRD.EXE 

Message Edited by gryjhnhpe on 02-26-2004 12:29 PM