# I forgot the keystroke needed to make a screenshot.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 27, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894 "2001-10-27T00:53:04Z")
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### Author: ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894/1 "2001-10-27T00:53:04Z")

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What is it?

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### Author: ![BoiToi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@BoiToi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoiToi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894/2 "2001-10-27T00:54:40Z")

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On Windows?

Ctl-PrtScrn copies the entire screen.

Alt\_PrtScrn copies the window with the current focus.

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### Author: ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894/3 "2001-10-27T00:57:00Z")

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Just PrtScr copies the whole screen.

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### Author: ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894/4 "2001-10-27T01:03:01Z")

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thank you much.

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### Author: ![BoiToi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@BoiToi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoiToi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-keystroke-needed-to-make-a-screenshot/89894/5 "2001-10-27T08:21:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Cisco \*  
> \*\*Just PrtScr copies the whole screen. \*\*

You mean all this time I’d been holding that dadblamed Ctrl key for nothing? The Alt key I was sure of because I always had to use it for something or other. Thanx!