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Chapter 17: Saving and Editing Street Maps279Using the Print Screen keyBefore Windows appeared on personal computers, the Print Screen key ona PC keyboard sent a copy of the monitor screen to the local printer. WhenWindows was introduced, things changed. Here’s what happens now: Press Print Screen only. The entire screen is copied to the Clipboard. Press Print Screen while you hold down Alt. The active window iscopied to the Clipboard.Using the Print Screen options are handy if a Web site has disabled the SavePicture As menu command or if the Web map isn’t being stored as a graphicsfile that can be easily saved.Pressing Print Screen or Alt+Print Screen sometimes copies parts of the screenthat don’t have anything to do with the map, such as menus, title bars, andbuttons. If you don’t want these on your map, you can either use a screencapture program instead of Print Screen or manually edit the map in a graphicsprogram. This chapter explains both.Different keyboards label the Print Screen key different ways. It might be PrintScreen, PrintScreen, PrtSc, or something else, but you should be able to spotit. The key usually is to the right of the F12 function key.Follow these steps to save a Web page map with Print Screen:1. Display the map in the size you want to save.Map Web sites usually can show maps in several sizes.2. Press Alt+Print Screen to save the active window to the Clipboard.This is more efficient than capturing the entire screen with just the PrintScreen key.After the map is on the Clipboard1. Run a graphics program such as Paint.2. Use the Paste menu command to insert the Clipboard image into anew file.3. Save the file.Using screen capture programsScreen capture programs provide more options and flexibility than the PrintScreen key. For example, you can select part of the screen and copy it. Youjust save the map without editing all the clutter around it.