How Do You Set Print Screen Control?
The Print Screen control on a Windows computer is handy for snapping screenshots. When you use the Print Screen control, an image of what's on your desktop screen is printed to the Windows clipboard. The action "prints" the "screen" to the clipboard. The screen image may then be copied into a file and and saved as a graphic image. In general, all Windows computer keyboards include some variation of the Print Screen key. The Print Screen button is often labeled “PRT SC” on the keyboard. The PRT SC key may be a “Function” key on laptop keyboards, meaning that the “Fn” button must be pressed along with "PRT SC" to set the Print Screen control.
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Instructions
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Open the program or picture you want to capture with a screenshot.
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Open Microsoft Paint by clicking “Start," “Accessories” and then “Paint”. A new Paint project page will open along with the application. Minimize the Paint window so it does not appear in the screenshot.
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Press and hold the "Fn" key along with the "PRT SC" key (on a laptop) or hit "PRT SC" (on a desktop) to snap a screenshot of the entire computer desktop and temporarily save the screenshot to the clipboard. Press and hold "Alt” key along with "PRT SC" or "Fn/PRT SC" to snap a screen shot of only the highlighted window.
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Maximize the “Paint” window and click inside the new project page.
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Press "Ctrl-V" to paste the screen shot onto the new page.
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Click “File” from the top bar and select “Save As."
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Select an image type (.jpeg, .gif, .bmp, etc.) from the drop-down list and type a name for the image file in the "File Name" input box.
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Click “Save" to paste the image into Paint.
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