A variation on this is that pressing Alt-PrtSc will save only the active window. So if you're not in full screen mode, you'll still only get the window you want, not the whole screen. You can paste into Paint if you don't have Photoshop. Brad Richard Crisp wrote: > > I'm not sure about XP but other windows platforms will do a screen capture > when you push the frequently forgotten button, PrtSc/SysReq. > > On WinME machine, I push that button and it copies the screen to the > clipboard (I use the DOS screen in full screen mode to make sure I get only > the DOS screen). Then I open Photoshop and paste the clipboard into a new > file. Works like a champ with SkyMap's predictions, which is what I use it > for. Thanks to Bjorn Gimle for reminding me about this long forgotten > capability... > rdc > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Fetter" <kevin_fetter@hotmail.com> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 7:11 AM > Subject: screen capture > > > > > Does anyone know of any programs that will let me capture the dos screen > > that windows xp has. > > > > I generate predictions of satellites going across the moon for someone, > and > > would like to show them , where the sat will go across the moon > > > > I tried some screen capture programs they don't seem to work for me :( > > > > Sorry for the off topic post. > > > > Thanks > > > > Kevin > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > >
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