Is there a way to capture things on the screen to put in a graphics or word processing document?
Sure, some of the keys on your keyboard which you don’t ordinarily use actually have some functions. One of these is the PrtScrn key. In the old DOS days this key was used to print whatever was on the screen to a piece of paper. When Windows came along, it took charge of the PrtScrn key and most people forgot it was there because it didn’t appear to work any more. It still works, just differently. Now, instead of printing to the printer, it prints to the Windows clipboard. To show how it works, start up your word processor. Minimize it to the Task Bar and click on the Prt Scrn key. Now, maximize the word processor and paste the clipboard contents by pressing Ctrl-V or go to Edit-Paste. This procedure pastes the entire screen. Now, shrink the word processor to a window which is about one half the size of the screen. Hold the Alt key down and tap the PrtScrn key. Now, maximize the word processor and paste again. Now you will have a picture of only the word processor window. This is handy
Sure, some of the keys on your keyboard which you don’t ordinarily use actually have some functions. One of these is the PrtScrn key. In the old DOS days this key was used to print whatever was on the screen to a piece of paper. When Windows came along, it took charge of the Print Screen (shown as PrtScrn on some keybords) key and most people forgot it was there because it didn’t appear to work any more. It still works, just differently. Now, instead of printing to the printer, it prints to the Windows clipboard. To show how it works, start up your word processor. Minimize it to the Task Bar and tap the Print Screen key. Now, maximize the word processor and paste the clipboard contents by pressing Ctrl-V or go to Edit-Paste. This procedure pastes the entire screen. Now, shrink the word processor to a window which is about one half the size of the screen. Hold the Alt key down and tap the Print Screen key. Now, maximize the word processor and paste again. Now you will have a picture of
