what do you have to press on your keyboard to copy what is on the screen in front of you?

Question

so say i want exacly what is in front of me at the moment, what do i do or press to copy the screen so that i could paste it as an image in microsoft publisher?

Answer 1

You can use print screen key on your keyboard to copy all the screen in to the clipboard memory .

To copy only the content of a single window, click on it then use 'alt' key with print screen key to capture that window (alt + print screen ).

Answer 2

On some machines you press the Print Screen button which is usually the F8 key.
But on others you have to hold down the Function button at the same time. Mines on the bottom left of the keyboard, and its symbol is a dot with crosshairs.

Once you've taken the screenshot you can then paste it into several different programs including Paint or Word.
Open hte program and a new document. Either right click and select Paste, or press control + V.

Answer 3

You have to use the print screen key. Here how it works.

For Windows XP

For this demonstration, ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

Then Double click on the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop until it opens a Web Page.

After the Web Page loads, press the Print Screen (Prnt Scrn) button on your keyboard.

Windows will send the entire contents of your Web Page to the Clipboard in graphic format.

Now open up the Windows Paint Program by first clicking on your Start Button.

Then move your mouse over the All Programs icon to display all Start Menu folders.

If your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, move your mouse over the Programs folder instead.

Now, move your mouse onto the Accessories menu folder until it expands.

Now click on the Paint icon to launch the Microsoft Paint Program.

Then click on the word Edit, which is contained in your top tool bar area.

This will pull down a menu for you to now click on Paste.

Notice how Windows pastes the entire contents of your Web Page into the Paint program.

And all the tools of the Paint Program are available to reduce, enlarge and Print the contents.

To Print, click on the word File, which is contained in your top tool bar area.

This will pull down a menu for you to now click on Print.

Answer 4

Simply press the print screen button, this will copy the entire screen into clipboard then you can use paste to insert it whereever you need it. Pressing ALT + Print Screen copies JUST the active window into the clipboard.

Answer 5

You can press the "PRINT SCREEN" key. That puts a copy onto the clipboard. From there it can be pasted into a document in Publisher or Word.

The other option is to press "SELECT ALL" and then control-C to highlight everything and then copy it into the clipboard.

Answer 6

See the print screen button to your right above the Insert button? Press that, then paste into Paint.

Answer 7

You press function and while holding it press print screen

Answer 8

Normally, if you hold your mouse control down and hilite what u want copied you would then go to EDIT at the top of the screen..Click on COPY...When you go to a new message click your cursor down to the message area..click on EDIT again and then click on PASTE. That shud do it..