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# threadjack
howd you take a screenshot - I need one
(I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:28, archived)
# Print screen button
then paste into whatever package you use
(dapthechap probably has this as a status on facebook, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:28, archived)
# I use netscape
not IE atm cos IE is being a dog
will the print screen thing work on that?
(I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:31, archived)
# Yep its a windows thing
s
(dapthechap probably has this as a status on facebook, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:33, archived)
# yuh-huh
it works with most stuff (except some video apps)
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:33, archived)
# it didnt work -
it just tried to print it.....
am I doing something really simple wrong?
(I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:34, archived)
# It only does that in
DOS
(dapthechap probably has this as a status on facebook, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:36, archived)
# are you clicking the "print" button
or pressing the print screen button on your keyboard? do the latter...
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:37, archived)
# yeah
it just copies whatever is on the screen to the clipboard. If you do alt-printscreen it just copies the current window, doesn't matter what the window is...
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:34, archived)
# kool
I got it working - thanks betaians
sorry for threadjack
(I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:36, archived)
# It's
a windoze thing. Print Screen captures the whole desktop, Alt+Print Screen captures the current window.
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Sat 18 Jan 2003, 15:36, archived)