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There may be times when you need to include a screen shot within your Excel worksheet. The easiest way to do this is as follows:
This action results in the entire screen being pasted in your worksheet. If you wanted, instead, to only copy and paste a single dialog box or the active window, simply use Alt+PrintScreen in step 2.
If either of these methods still does not fit your needs (for instance, you want to include only a small part of the screen), you can use the following:
You should understand that once the screen is placed in your workbook, you can move and manipulate it the same as any other graphic. Also note that adding quite a few graphics to your worksheet can dramatically increase the size of the file in which your workbook is saved.
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2020-08-22 21:36:38
Dave Onorato
Another method. If you just want a snapshot of the active window, press Alt + printscreen, then paste as needed.
This works for a dialog box, too. ALT + printscreen.
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