Alt-PrintScreen captures more than I want in Access 2007

[M Skabialka]

In doing some database documentation I did my usual Alt-PrintScreen to
capture the top window (a form) in my database but it captured the entire
Access 2007 window. This doesn't happen for other applications, and
previous versions of Access. With purchasing a screen capture program - how
can I capture just the topmost window in Access 2007?

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

In doing some database documentation I did my usual Alt-PrintScreen to
capture the top window (a form) in my database but it captured the entire
Access 2007 window. This doesn't happen for other applications, and
previous versions of Access. With purchasing a screen capture program -
how can I capture just the topmost window in Access 2007?

To the best of my knowledge, and so far as I can determine by
experimentation, this has not changed between Access 2003 and 2007. In
both, Alt+PrintScreen captures the current *high-level* window, which is the
Access application window, not the form, unless the form in question is a
PopUp form.

 

[Graham Mandeno]

I agree with Dirk, that this behaviour has not changed with Access 2007. It
is a low-level Windows function anyway, and has nothing to do with the
application that happens to be running.

If you are looking at purchasing a screen capture program, you can't go past
Snagit from TechSmith: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

It has so many great features, and I *strongly* recommend it if you do much
documentation. I think they offer a free trial.