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[Dixonary] OT: Print Screen
I have just spent about an hour trying to get information from the User
Guide or whatever it's called these days, for my computer.The blasted thing is in .PDF format which has been upgraded, revised, and "improved" so that not only is one dealing with the computer itself, but one is dealing with the software that will allow one to read the instruction manual, but I digress. Here is my question: recently I wanted to print the information displayed on my computer's screen. Along the top of my keyboard there are the usual keys: F1, F2, etc. At the far right is a key labeled PRTSC at the top with SYSRQ below it. I suspected that PRTSC might stand for Print Screen. Of course I might be wrong about that. Being, apparently, a fairly stupid person, I figured that I might bring up the computer's User Guide and do a search for PRTSC. Not knowing, of course, that in order to use the user guide in any meaningful way, I would have to get a user guide for using the .PDF format files. I am guessing that, assuming that PRTSC does indeed mean "print screen", one has to press that button along with some other key. Likely choices might be shift, ctrl, alt, and maybe FN. There is also a button for that stylized "windows" symbol. I make the assumption that another key is needed because (another assumption) the key has two function, one of which is PRTSC and the other of which is SYSRQ. Can any of you shed any light on this? In case it matters, the computer is a Toshiba Satellite laptop that I have had for years, without ever before wanting to print the screen. I actually have a newer computer, but have never fully put it in service, having apparently reached the age at which I am no longer jumping up and down with the excitement of having a new machine. Instead I just think of the need to transfer everything onto the new machine, which of course has a newer version of Windows which will undoubtedly be "improved". I could switch to an Apple product, but so far Apple and I have never gotten along. -- Guerri P.S. it is, of course, possible that I should be spending my time looking into assisted living facilities. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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