Hi All, What is the shortcut for taking a screenshot of a windows desktop? Ta Sallie.

do this. open the screen you wanna capture, minimize it open paint, minimize it. reopen screen to be captured, hit alt,printscreen at the same time. open paint, maximize the blank window. open edit at the top there, hit paste. presto. not exactly a hotkey, but it works

Open the screen you want to save and press the Print Screen button, now open word, ms paint , or what ever you want to save it into and go to EDIT and chose paste. Done.

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To get a single space between items (like &w&u) you need to hit the space bar twice

Simple way to do it. 1. press "print screen" 2. open "Paint" 3. Go to the "Edit" pull down menu and select "Paste". If you get the following message just click "Yes" "The image in the clipboard is larger than the bitmap. Would you like the bitmap enlarged?" Then "Save" the image and use it where ever you like.

Great Guys thanks heaps. Sallie xxoo