I would like to make a couple of clarifications that I think were missed in this thread. While Wendy is correct in that the screen print is captured in RAM [memory], it is a special address in memory known as the Clipboard. Sorry, I am a nut for clarification and using proper terminology. The other thing is that using the PrtScn key alone copies the entire desktop to the Clipboard. In my case, I am using Windows 7 and dual monitors. The PrtScn captured all of both monitors. Holding the Alt key while pressing and releasing the PrtScn key copies only the active window. I also use Microsoft Word to capture all the results. This way I can capture the original screen, paste it into Word, and then go back and scroll down to reveal more of the data and run the process again. This can get tedious if you have a really long list of data, however.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Howard" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:08:29 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Print Scree/Snipping tool The Print Screen button may not *appear* to do anything when you press it, but it has taken a picture of your screen and put it in the computer's memory. Now you need to go to a graphics program (Windows Paint is just fine if you don't have anything else) and paste from the computer's memory to a document. It's as simple as: open Paint, press Ctrl-V. Now save the file, and you have a copy of what your screen looked like at the moment you pressed the Print Screen button. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Paula Ryburn said the following on 1/09/2011 2:35 p.m.: > ... I'm not sure how to get that button to work on my computer (believe it or > not). I just pressed it and nothing... Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
