Does Mac have a "Print Screen" Function?

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Does Mac have a "Print Screen" Function?

On my PC keyboard, there's a button that says "Screen Print." If I push it, it captures an image of whatever is visible on my computer monitor, which I can then paste into Photoshop.

Can I do the same thing with my MacBook Pro? If so, how? There's one catch: I haven't yet ported Photoshop over from my PC. So if I can do a screen print, I have to be able to somehow save or paste it as something other than a Photoshop file.

On a similar note, I've been using Safari to view videos from YouTube. When a video starts playing, I can click it to bring up a much larger version in a separate screen, with a black background. I've figured out how to freeze the video on a particular picture, which I'd like to save. Is there another way to do it, if I can't use a Print Screen function?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Mar 11, 2007 10:13 AM

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Niel

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Mar 11, 2007 10:28 AM in response to David Blomstrom

Press the Shift, Command, and 3 keys simultaneously, and then print the PNG which appears on your desktop. More shortcuts and options are documented here and here.

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Answer 2

Mar 11, 2007 4:29 PM in response to David Blomstrom

Thanks for the tips, but I'm stuck on the "Command" key - where is it? I see the Shift key, a couple Ctrl keys, Caps Lock, Esc, etc., but no Command key.

Regarding the last method, I found the Grab program in Utilities and double-clicked it. It installed an icon in my taskbar. But when I click the icon, nothing happens.

The instructions say, "Choose a command from the capture menu." But how do I access the "capture menu"?

Thanks.

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Answer 3

Mar 11, 2007 4:36 PM in response to David Blomstrom

I just figured out the Command-Shift-3 trick. I still don't understand how Grab works, though.

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iVmichael

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Mar 11, 2007 4:43 PM in response to David Blomstrom

Command/shift/4 gives a cross-hair selector, click and drag over the area you want to copy.

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Answer 5

Mar 11, 2007 6:28 PM in response to iVmichael

Thanks; the cross-hair trick really does the trick.

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