How to use the Print Screen
Sep 28, 2008 in FYI
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You might be wondering what that tiny button Print Screen, just above the Insert button does? I have been trying in vain to push that and wait for my printer to just push out the paper with something printed on it. It was then that I realized my ignorance to this piece of equipment.. Well who didn’t fall for that same mistake?
To make the Print Screen button work, you must save the image of what’s displayed on-screen to the clipboard and then paste it into a document where it can be printed like Windows Paint or Word, maybe.
To help you do this, follow this simple guide:
- Maximize the window you’d like to capture.
- To the current window, hold down ALT + Print Scrn at the same time. To capture the entire screen, just press Print Scrn.
- Open a new document in MS Word, MS Photo Editor, or Adobe PhotoShop.
- Paste the screen shot by holding down CTRL and V at the same time.
- Print the document when you’re finished pasting screen shots.
Voila. You have printed your screen!