How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key (173884)
The information in this article 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
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- 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.
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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.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/16/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo kbinterop kbui KB173884 |
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