Bonus "printscreen" tip

Some of you may already know how to do a basic "printscreen" in Windows: to copy the entire screen to the clipboard, hit the printscreen button (top row, near F12 button). Then paste into a MS Word document, etc., to see it. Handy.

Here's a bonus one -- and generally, more useful: to get JUST THE SELECTED WINDOW, hit alt-Printscreen. Then paste the contents to view.

Maybe jot it down on a sticky-note, and post it by your PC?

Printscreen = whole screen
Alt-Printscreen = active window

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Update: Aug 8, 2005 -- bonus screenshots

This first one is with the "traditional" printscreen option:

Note the views of the desktop, the taskbar, and all the other windows. (Yeah, I could maximize the window; I'd still have the taskbar though.)

In contrast, this pic is just the window:

Ah, yes! Much clearer. If I was trying to show someone what was going on, this one makes more sense.

Also, I discovered you can paste the captured image directly into a paint program.


--GG