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rick_ingram

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My new laptop has Windows-7.

My old laptop had Vista.

On Vista, I could <ctrl><Prtscreen> to do a screenshot and save it on the clipboard to paste to a different document.

With Windows-7, this does not work.

How do I take a screen shot for use in a different document with Windows-7????

Thanks in advance.
 
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rick_ingram

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BTW....I've tried:

<ctrl><alt><prntscrn>

<ctrl><alt><shift><prntscrn>

<ctrl><prntscrn>

<prntscrn>

<shift><prntscrn>

<Ctrl><shift><prntscrn>

All any of these command do is send the screen to the bottom of the current page.
 
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I use Snag-It on XP.
If 7 won't do it at all, I know there are other, free, screen shot programs out there. I use Snag-It as it came with the last computer, and I had the license code.

Dave
 
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I didn't think anything changed. I use the print-screen button sometimes and it works fine. You can also use the "snipping tool" (start>programs>accessories>snipping-tool) to clip out sections and save them directly to a file.

Directions for both methods are here.
 
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Nial has it (and is up earlier than me this AM :savewave: ). Win-7 is "improved" with the snip tool.
 
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rick_ingram said:
All any of these command do is send the screen to the bottom of the current page.
Click to expand...

What keyboard are you using? A conventional keyboard shouldn't do that, but one that combines the print-screen key with another function might require you to also use an "Fn" key (or something similar).
 
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So Rick ... are you saying that when you use the PrintScreen key in Windows 7, it doesn't copy the screen? and you can't paste (insert) into a new page?

T.
 
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Probelm solved! It is: <alt><FN><prntscr> !!!!!!!!!!!

My old laptop did not require the use of the <FN> key.
 
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