Print screen help!!

bethom

I need help with printing my screen. No matter how many times I try I don't seem to be able to do it!! :eek:

Can anyone help me please?

I have windows xp. Any other info needed let me know!!

Thankyou in advance techie gods

nao_3

When you have got the screen up you want printed, press either
Alt and Print Scrn
or
Ctrl and Print Scrn

One selects only the active window, one selects the whole screen (can't remember off the top of my head which does which)

Then go to a graphics, word processor or similar programme new document and hit paste. Whatever you selected will be pasted into your new document and then you can print it from there.

bethom

Thankyou so much nao, I will go and try that now!! :A

bethom

Right, I have tried that several times and it doesn't work. I must be doing something seriously wrong, or I am being totally thick!! (not hard with me!!)

I am pressing ctrl and print screen, then opening paint and click on edit then there is no option to paste.

What am I doing wrong?

faz7875_2

Dunno if this helps but I just press printscreen, no alt, ctrl or anything then paste it in.

helen21_2

right click, then paste!

sra

I just use Prt Screen without ctrl.

Then go to any paint prog and paste (either from menu or by pressing Ctrl V)

If you have Irfanview installed, it can do screen capture with the mouse pointer included - something normal Prt Screen can't do

bethom

faz7875 wrote:

Dunno if this helps but I just press printscreen, no alt, ctrl or anything then paste it in.

Nope that one isn't working either, thankyou for the help though :A

Could it be a problem with the programme?

bethom

helen21 wrote:

right click, then paste!

Is that not just for small bits of text? I want to do a whole screen print.

helen21_2

bethom wrote:

Is that not just for small bits of text? I want to do a whole screen print.

no it will print the screen as you selected with ctrl and print screen then go into your chosen thingy and right click and paste

bethom

sra wrote:

I just use Prt Screen without ctrl.

Then go to any paint prog and paste (either from menu or by pressing Ctrl V)

If you have Irfanview installed, it can do screen capture with the mouse pointer included - something normal Prt Screen can't do

Right I have just tried that and it isn't working either. I am being so dim here :rotfl:

I don't have Irfanview. I have paint shop pro 8 though, can that one do something similar?