[Elecraft] Windows and Print Screen

Kevin Stover kevin.stover at mediacombb.net
Thu Oct 15 19:25:44 EDT 2015


You are correct.
It's the same for Linux as well.

On 10/15/2015 10:08 AM, Paul Kirley wrote:
> 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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