[Elecraft] Windows and Print Screen

Paul Kirley pkirley at fuse.net
Thu Oct 15 11:08:56 EDT 2015


There have been some posts where it was asserted that pushing the Print
Screen key fails in Windows.  

This is not quite correct:  pushing the Print Screen key in Windows
puts a copy of the current screen onto the Clipboard, which can then be
pasted into any picture-editing software, like the Windows accessory
Paint.  

>From there it can be edited and saved in your choice of format (like
.jpg), or it can be printed.

If, as is common, a picture of only the currently active window is
desired, Alt-Print Screen puts only that portion of the screen onto the
Clipboard.

I believe that the above is true for all versions of Windows.


73, Paul W8TM



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