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can anyone teach me in a basic techie phobe friendly way how to do a screen shot on my laptop. i think i have to use the fn button but thats it.

On a desk top you press the Print Screen/SysRQ button and then paste.

Not sure whether its the same on a laptop

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Lisa







"Stand for something, or you will fall for anything" as paraphrased by Katilette's mom.

Is there a button on your keyboard that says PRTSC/SYSRQ?

Press it. That'll put the screen in to the clipboard. Use paint to copy it in and you can see the whole screen as a picture.

the first time some one asked me to do this - I asked the IT guy at work could I use the camera to take a screen shot - you can imagine the slagging I got

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Lisa







"Stand for something, or you will fall for anything" as paraphrased by Katilette's mom.

Ctrl + Alt + Prt Scr all held down together

Then you can paste the screen shot into a word doc or paint window or whereever you want really

yes engol i have that button, but nothing seems to happen if i press it?



tried this also roopy, and no joy either? god im useless with technology!

Press prt Sc then press ctrl c then go into all programs - accessories - paint. In paint click edit drop down menu will come up click paste and you should have a copy of the page you are viewing.

Nothing happens when you press the button. The picture of the screen just goes in to the clipboard (invisible to the naked eye ) it's when you paste in to another file that you'll see it. So open another application, I personally think paint is the best one to use and copy there, let us know what happens.

On my laptop, it's Fn + PrntScrn together, then Ctrl + V to paste into Paint or WordPad.

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Jean

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe" - Carl Sagan

On mine you just press Prt Sc/SysRq in the top right hand corner, no need for Ctrl or Alt or any function key. Just use your normal paste method in Word etc and you should have your screen shot.

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You learn something new everyday, thanks . Handy thing to know

ok, deise your instructions worked, and i have it as far as the clipboard, now how would i get it from there to posting it in a reply?

The easiest way to post it in a reply would be to go into PowerPoint and paste it onto a slide, filling it fully iykwim. Then go to F12 or Save As and save the slide as a JPG, when prompted click Current slide only. This will have the screensheet in graphic format and you can attach it below using the Browse/Add the file area.

Edited to say did a test run and it works fine, here's a print screen of the magicmum page I was on!

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