Windows Keyboard Shortcut of the Day

Alt+Prnt Scrn: Copy Screenshot of Current Window to Clipboard

Posted in Applications by estephen on May 4th, 2007

Most people know that if you press the “Print Screen” button on your keyboard (which may be labelled “Prnt Scrn”) you’ll capture a screenshot of everything on your screen.

However, you may not know that if you press Alt+Prnt Scrn, you get a copy of only the currently selected window. You won’t get the taskbar or any other windows on your display. Then you can run a program (such as Microsoft Word or the Paint application included with Windows) and press Ctrl+V to paste in the screen shot.

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  1. Charles Kyte said,

    on June 8th, 2007 at 11:27 am

    Your insight is welcomed!

  2. kinm said,

    on January 27th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    i dont have print screen on my keyboard !! can u hellp me and tell me how i can use print screen without the button ? like using ctrl + something ?? i really need this buton !!!!!!!!!

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