In Windows, the Print Screen button captures an image

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Posted by Cheryl Flanders , Wed, Jul 23, 2003, 15:32:12 Reply Top Forum

of what appears on your entire screen and stores it on the Clipboard. Alt + Print Screen captures an image of the active window or dialog box and stores it on the Clipboard. You then need to switch to a document in Word (or other program) and press Ctrl + V to paste the image. The image can be manipulated in documents like any other graphic.