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anamznazn
Feb 3, 2007, 03:50 PM
On a Mac, I do the APPLE KEY + SHIFT + 4 to do a screen capture by selecting the pixels I want on the screen. Is there any way I could do this in Win XP? (and vista)


grum
Feb 3, 2007, 04:05 PM
think you just have to use the print screen button then paste into a picture editor like paint to crop it.
psychofreak
Feb 3, 2007, 04:08 PM
think you just have to use the print screen button then paste into a picture editor like paint to crop it.

He has a laptop - so there is no print screen button...
Nermal
Feb 3, 2007, 04:13 PM
Open up the on-screen keyboard and use the Print Screen key on there. You can also use Alt-Print Screen to capture the active window.
phungy
Feb 3, 2007, 04:40 PM
So WinXP has an on-screen keyboard? Is it in the Control Panel? I was trying to figure out how to do this as well...
grum
Feb 3, 2007, 04:42 PM
He has a laptop - so there is no print screen button...

doh!
Allstermac
Feb 3, 2007, 04:49 PM
Its pretty well hid...is a application called grab. Go to finder and do a search of your computer for "grab" ... I stumbled across it one day then wanted to use it another and could not find it. I went to the apple store and it took them awhile to find it.. 1st they said there is nothing like that until I insisted that I saw it:)
It lets you save as a tiff ( i think) then if you want you can convert to Jpeg
apfhex
Feb 3, 2007, 04:57 PM
Its pretty well hid...is a application called grab. Go to finder and do a search of your computer for "grab"
How about... go back to the top of this thread and actually read it. ;) :p :) (and anyway, Grab is pointless with the keyboard shortcuts...)
psychofreak
Feb 3, 2007, 04:57 PM
Its pretty well hid...is a application called grab. Go to finder and do a search of your computer for "grab" ... I stumbled across it one day then wanted to use it another and could not find it. I went to the apple store and it took them awhile to find it.. 1st they said there is nothing like that until I insisted that I saw it:)
It lets you save as a tiff ( i think) then if you want you can convert to Jpeg
Did you even read the post?
Nermal
Feb 3, 2007, 05:07 PM
So WinXP has an on-screen keyboard? Is it in the Control Panel? I was trying to figure out how to do this as well...

It's somewhere. I'm not back at work for another 3 days, so you could probably dig around and find it before I do!
Allstermac
Feb 3, 2007, 05:46 PM
Did you even read the post?
I went back and checked and grab works in (windows) as screen capture (on a mac) when the prt scrn key is not there.. can capture any portion or all of the screen
Nermal
Feb 3, 2007, 06:15 PM
And how are you supposed to run Grab if you're in Windows?
Allstermac
Feb 3, 2007, 07:10 PM
And how are you supposed to run Grab if you're in Windows?

See attached.. works for me:confused:
swiftaw
Feb 3, 2007, 07:12 PM
Sure, that works for Parallels, but what if you are running Windows via Boot Camp?
psychofreak
Feb 3, 2007, 07:13 PM
See attached.. works for me:confused:

Thats parallels, hes talking about Boot Camp...
Allstermac
Feb 3, 2007, 11:35 PM
Thats parallels, hes talking about Boot Camp...

Sorry didn't see "boot camp" anywhere in the post

On a Mac, I do the APPLE KEY + SHIFT + 4 to do a screen capture by selecting the pixels I want on the screen. Is there any way I could do this in Win XP? (and vista)
The member just asked
...Is there any way to do this in Win XP?
I answered the question of what I knew

In boot camp you can use the on screen keyboard to emulate F14 key(prn scrn) ... its under Start> programs> accesories> accessibility
apfhex
Feb 4, 2007, 12:26 AM
The member just asked
...Is there any way to do this in Win XP?
I answered the question of what I knew
Yes, they asked how to do it in Windows, not in Parallels. :) Parallels ≠ Windows.
hopejr
Feb 4, 2007, 01:51 AM
One word: WinSnap (http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html).