HOW TO USE: Print Screen / Screen Capture on Gateway Tablet PC w/ Windows Vista for Pictures/Videos of Desktop & Active Windows

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HOW TO USE: Print Screen / Screen Capture on Gateway Tablet PC w/ Windows Vista for Pictures/Videos of Desktop & Active Windows

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I am trying to use screen capture / Print Screen on my gateway tablet PC...

I follow the directions from Windows help & support, yet when I try to paste in Paint, it will only allow me the option "Paste From" and not "Paste"from the "EDIT" menu...

What am I doing wrong? Must I do it differently on Gateway Tablet PC?

I NEED USER HELP for Still-Screen Capture and Video-Screen Capture of Desktop Windows and Active Window Options.

* How to use Screen Capture (Print Screen) on Gateway Tablet PC with Windows Vista Operating System :

I Followed HELP & SUPPORT directions exactly...

* Gateway Tablet PC keyboard Print Screen button on says/labeled "Ins" and immediately below on same button says "PrtSc"

* "Help & Support" says to

press the print screen button,
open "paint",
click "edit", then
click "Paste"...

* Trying to click / use "Paste" option in "Edit" menu in "Paint" will NOT work:

After I click "Ins"/"PrtSc" button on Gateway Tablet PC to Screen Capture, I :

open Windows "Paint" accessory,
I click "Edit" from "Paint" menu,
"Paste" option is not available / grayed-out; it will only allow me the option to "Paste From"
"Paste From" option will NOT work

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Answer 1

If you press your Print Screen key and then open Paint...what happens

if you type... Ctrl+V ....?

Have you tried the Vista Snipping Tool? It is more versatile than Print Screen.

Windows Vista - Activate Vista's Snipping Tool

http://www.pcworld.com/article/137099/activate_vistas_snipping_tool.html

Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Use-Snipping-Tool-to-capture-screen-shots

(Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)

Vista Tutorial - How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148532-how-use-snipping-tool-vista.html

Info on Video capture:

Vista Movie Maker can capture screen shots:

Windows Vista - Movie Maker -

Take and use a picture from a video frame in Windows Movie Maker

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Take-and-use-a-picture-from-a-video-frame-in-Windows-Movie-Maker

Windows Media Player -

Capture Pictures from DVD Movie Scenes in Windows Media Player or Real

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/11/capture-still-images-from-windows.html

Also the freeware VLC Media Player has a good option for video screen capture...

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System

Restore point before installing software or updates)

VLC Media Player

http://www.videolan.org/

To setup for your screen captures...open VLC and

go to...Tools / Preferences / Video button / Video

Snapshots section.

In the directory field...Browse to and select a folder

to save your captures in. (for example...you could

create a new folder on your desktop and select it)

At...Prefix...check the box...Sequential numbering.

At...Format...choose JPEG or PNG.

Finally.....left click the 'Save' button.

Now...Play the video and pause by pressing your

Spacebar when you see a screen you wish to capture.

To capture the screen...type... Shift+S

Press spacebar to advance to the next photo...

ect...etc...

Also...VLC Media Player...can record while video is playing

and will save the segment when you stop recording. This is

very useful if you need a small clip of a larger video file.

VLC 1.0 Records Video from DVDs

http://lifehacker.com/5318807/vlc-10-records-video-from-dvds

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