How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
Article ID: 173884
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
This article was previously published under Q173884
SUMMARY
This article describes different methods of capturing images on screen to
the clipboard.
MORE INFORMATION
To capture a screen shot of the entire screen to the clipboard, press the
PrintScrn key.
To capture a screen shot of the active window or dialog box (for example,
the WordPad application window or the File Open dialog box), press
ALT+PRINTSCRN.
The SHIFT and the CTRL keys do not affect the full screen capture.
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