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+1 Then just click Shift and Print Screen (PSC) on the on-screen keyboard and paste into MS Paint or whatever.
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about but Alt+f11 on my macbook worked like shift+PrntScrn do on a normal PC
I have no idea what you guys are talking about but Alt+f11 on my macbook worked like shift+PrntScrn do on a normal PC
Alt+f11 or Alt+fn+f11
...and if in Boot Camp, on the Keyboard tab, you have the "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features" box UNchecked, it's Alt+fn+f11.
...and if in Boot Camp, on the Keyboard tab, you have the "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features" box UNchecked, it's Alt+fn+f11.
i have looked at all the information in this thread and tried everything as suggested.
the only thing that DOES work on my macbook pro on the windows side is allowing the use of the f11 and f12 keys by ticking the checkbox in bootcamp, and then using the onscreen keyboard in windows xp. I do not like this option he screen image that you have created, then has the onscreen keyboard in your copy, which is not attractive.
has anyone worked out a solution to this as i have read the bootcamp and various information sites, to no avail.
ELISHA
the only thing that DOES work on my macbook pro on the windows side is allowing the use of the f11 and f12 keys by ticking the checkbox in bootcamp, and then using the onscreen keyboard in windows xp. I do not like this option he screen image that you have created, then has the onscreen keyboard in your copy, which is not attractive.
has anyone worked out a solution to this as i have read the bootcamp and various information sites, to no avail.
ELISHA
An alternative to using Window print screen that I use is MWSnap from www.mirekw.com, a free utility, that lets you have full control of what you capture and what type of file you save it as. Check it out.
Neil
Neil
Shift + Fn + F11
Macbook Pro with Vista using Bootcamp 2.0 with your function keys controlling the volume and screen brightness etc the printscreen command is
Shift + Fn + F11
Took me many different key combos before I worked that one out.
That will take a standard printscreen.
Macbook Pro with Vista using Bootcamp 2.0 with your function keys controlling the volume and screen brightness etc the printscreen command is
Shift + Fn + F11
Took me many different key combos before I worked that one out.
That will take a standard printscreen.
RE: Shift + Fn + F11
Yo,
Great! it works for MB as well as MBP.
To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11
U might try removing "Fn" from ur combination if u can't use the above.
Thanks everyone!
-W
http://edwardwitten.blogspot.com
Yo,
Great! it works for MB as well as MBP.
To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11
U might try removing "Fn" from ur combination if u can't use the above.
Thanks everyone!
-W
http://edwardwitten.blogspot.com
I too recently got myself a MacBook and just ran into the same problem.
After reading the whole trail of responses, I figured there should be a simpler solution. XP has an On-Screen Keyboard application (part of the accessibility software). I just held down the Alt key and clicked on the PSC key on the keyboard an captured the active window.
After reading the whole trail of responses, I figured there should be a simpler solution. XP has an On-Screen Keyboard application (part of the accessibility software). I just held down the Alt key and clicked on the PSC key on the keyboard an captured the active window.
Correct this is an excellent freeware program. Significantly more useful that the simple print-screen command
thankyou so much for your help, post #33 and the additional post #34 work perfectly on a Macbook Pro using windows XP with bootcamp... i can now print and paste screen again!!
I wonder how to update this manual to say shift+fn+F11, so that other people dont have to muck around for hours trying to find a solution?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf
the instructions in the mac manual under subtitle; "using windows on your mac" incorrectly lists the solution as:
Print active window Option-F14 Option-Fn-F11
this does not work at all.., and is in the official instructions... has this actually worked for anyone?!!
thanks again #33 and #34!
eliesha
I wonder how to update this manual to say shift+fn+F11, so that other people dont have to muck around for hours trying to find a solution?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf
the instructions in the mac manual under subtitle; "using windows on your mac" incorrectly lists the solution as:
Print active window Option-F14 Option-Fn-F11
this does not work at all.., and is in the official instructions... has this actually worked for anyone?!!
thanks again #33 and #34!
eliesha
Really glad that worked for you! Unfortunately for me -- it didn't. I have the exact same problem -- except I'm not running Windows on a MB or a MBP. I have a couple of Macs and 1 PC -- sharing a standard Mac keyboard. So of course I have no "print screen" button -- but I also have no *function* key on the standard Mac keyboard. So I can't type the key combis listed above.
Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't have the foresight to make the On-Screen Keyboard disappear from screen shots taken via that method, so while that method works, it's a problem (for me) that the On-Screen Keyboard's visible in the shots I take.
So if anyone comes up with a solution sans-function-key, please let us know.
Thanks.
I'm running XP, and Vista's not an option. Maybe I'll have to find a Windows keyboard.
on a full mac keyboard its f15 and alt/option f15, i hav an imac, and my parents hav a mbp and an mp (macbook pro, and mac pro) (yes, i live in my parents house, im under 18)
Vista with Snipping tool is great. I think its even better then the mac version.
You should check it out.
Zack
You should check it out.
Zack
While I think there are some valid solutions posted here I found the following information from Apple. There is no need to install anything.
The following is using Bootcamp version 2.0
1.) Right click on the Boot Camp icon located in the notification area of the taskbar. Select "Boot Camp Help".
2.) Select "Using Windows on your Mac"
3.) Select "PC key commands"
THESE ARE A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE KEYBOARD MAPPINGS. FOR INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PARTICULAR MAC (INCLUDING MACBOOK PRO WHICH IS DIFFERENT) USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167
These mappings work for a variety of hardware setups.
The following is using Bootcamp version 2.0
1.) Right click on the Boot Camp icon located in the notification area of the taskbar. Select "Boot Camp Help".
2.) Select "Using Windows on your Mac"
3.) Select "PC key commands"
THESE ARE A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE KEYBOARD MAPPINGS. FOR INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PARTICULAR MAC (INCLUDING MACBOOK PRO WHICH IS DIFFERENT) USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167
These mappings work for a variety of hardware setups.
Finally -- a solution!
But that only works in the Mac OS.
This thread actually contains various issues that are related, but are not identical. For example, I was switching among 2 Macs and a PC with one Mac keyboard and display.
(I can't help mentioning that I'm speechless how cumbersome it is to take screenshots in Windows. Even with a Windows keyboard, after taking a screenshot, the contents of the clipboard have to be pasted into an app, then saved somewhere. On a Mac, you hit the keyboard shortcut, and the image appears on your desktop. Unlike many "haters" who've never actually used both platforms, I have. The examples of inferiority and counterintuitive design are endless. To shut down a PC, you go to a menu called "Start"?)
Anyway, the good news is I did find a solution -- and a much better one than just a hotkey:
http://www.cacatoo.com/
Elegant, elegant, elegant. Not only does cacatoo (it's a Windows app, by the way) take the screenshots for you -- whole-screen, any window, or any portion of the screen -- it then uploads the image to your account on their server, which you can access later, or email to people, or whatever. And it was free.
Cacatoo got the job done, allowing me to sell the PC.
But that only works in the Mac OS.
This thread actually contains various issues that are related, but are not identical. For example, I was switching among 2 Macs and a PC with one Mac keyboard and display. (I can't help mentioning that I'm speechless how cumbersome it is to take screenshots in Windows. Even with a Windows keyboard, after taking a screenshot, the contents of the clipboard have to be pasted into an app, then saved somewhere. On a Mac, you hit the keyboard shortcut, and the image appears on your desktop. Unlike many "haters" who've never actually used both platforms, I have. The examples of inferiority and counterintuitive design are endless. To shut down a PC, you go to a menu called "Start"?)
Anyway, the good news is I did find a solution -- and a much better one than just a hotkey:
http://www.cacatoo.com/
Elegant, elegant, elegant. Not only does cacatoo (it's a Windows app, by the way) take the screenshots for you -- whole-screen, any window, or any portion of the screen -- it then uploads the image to your account on their server, which you can access later, or email to people, or whatever. And it was free.
Cacatoo got the job done, allowing me to sell the PC.
About MacBook and Windows
1-I tried to activate the f1 all the way to f12 on windows vista to even try to put the commands that you suggest to take a picture of the screen... but i haven't been sucessful so far.
2-Could you also explain me in detail how to install windows in a macbook with intel processor? a friend installed it in the pc with success but unfortunately he passed the way and now I don't know how to do it.
I know. I'm trying to figure it out with you. I will be buying a MBP pro relatively soon (waiting for Merom) and will eventually be installing Windows on it for the fun of it. It will help to learn where some keys are now.
1-I tried to activate the f1 all the way to f12 on windows vista to even try to put the commands that you suggest to take a picture of the screen... but i haven't been sucessful so far.
2-Could you also explain me in detail how to install windows in a macbook with intel processor? a friend installed it in the pc with success but unfortunately he passed the way and now I don't know how to do it.