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What everyone is describing is Run>Start type "command" and at the left of
the title bar should be a tiny black console-window icon. Edit is on the
drop down menu when you click the tiny icon.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Tricia" <tricialal2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <gordonbp1@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Tricia wrote:
>> || "Gordon" <gordonbp1@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> || news:e9xPn9JJFHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> ||| Tricia wrote:
>> ||||| "Gordon" <gordonbp1@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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>> |||||| Tricia wrote:
>> |||||||| Hi I have a dos program which when I wanted to print a copy of
>> |||||||| the screen from dos in windows 98 I pressed the print screen
>> |||||||| button and then pasted the contents into paint. This does not
>> |||||||| work in windows xp pro. Why? The program runs in full screen
>> |||||||| mode and will not run in a dos window. The program was
>> |||||||| originally written for windows 98 dos and the author no longer
>> |||||||| supports the program. Thanks Tricia
>> ||||||
>> |||||| Do you have an "Edit" menu item at the top, and will this allow
>> |||||| you to either select all or to draw a "box" round the screen
>> |||||| which you can then edit-copy?
>> ||||||
>> |||||| --
>> |||||| Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>> |||||| Gordon Burgess-Parker
>> |||||| Director
>> |||||| www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
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>> ||||| No Try it yourself. Open a dos window press alt/enter then try
>> ||||| print screen. Just asked a friend and they have the same problem.
>> |||||
>> ||||| Tricia
>> |||
>> ||| Ah. Click on the little C:\ icon in the top left hand corner and
>> ||| you will see a drop-down meny which should have "Edit" on it. Go to
>> ||| Edit and you will see some copy options. Click on "Mark" and you
>> ||| can "mark" all the text in the windoe. Then go back to "Edit" and
>> ||| click on Copy. Then try pasting that in a word processor or what
>> ||| you will.
>> |||
>> ||| HTH
>> |||
>> ||| --
>> ||| Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>> ||| Gordon Burgess-Parker
>> ||| Director
>> ||| www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
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>> || When in a full dos window such as you get after RUN/CMD OK pressing
>> || ALT/ENTER there is no menu options. That is the problem. My mouse
>> || pointer is not available also. And the program will not run in a
>> || window it only runs full screen. I think you are misunderstanding
>> || what I am trying to convey. Tricia
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>> And you are misunderstanding what I'M saying. At the top left-hand corner
>> of your Full Dos (actually it's not DOS, it's a DOS emulator) window, is
>> there a little icon with a blue line with "C:\" underneath?
>>
>> --
>> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>> Gordon Burgess-Parker
>> Director
>> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
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>> Do you have an "Edit" menu item at the top, and will this allow you to
>> either select all or to draw a "box" round the screen which you can then
>> edit-copy?
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> I answered your question
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> No
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> Try it yourself. Open a dos window, press alt/enter then try print screen.
> Just asked a friend and they have the same problem.
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> Do you have an "Edit" menu item at the top if you open a dos window, then
> press alt/enter?
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> I have tried it on 3 computers so far and not one of them has an "Edit"
> menu nor do they save anything when PrintScreen is pressed.
> If you want I could take a picture of the screen with my digital camera
> and post it somewhere if you don't believe me?
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> Tricia
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