How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key| Article ID | : | 173884 | | Last Review | : | January 20, 2007 | | Revision | : | 3.3 |
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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.
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 |
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