Can't Print screen

[Blair]

When I press ctrl and Print Screen followed by ctrl +V nothing happens in
either notepad or word
What am I doing wrong?
Blair

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Use PrintScreen for the entire screen, Alt+PrintScreen for the active window
or dialog.

 

[Blair]

Thanks for your help.
So that I understand fully, is the correct proceedure as follows
Press Print Screen, then open notepad or word and press ctrl +V and the
image should appear for the whole screen.
I have done this and nothing appears.
I must be doing something wrong?
Blair

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might try opening Word before you perform the screen capture. Certain
add-ins can clear the Clipboard when Word is started, and that might be the
issue here (though it shouldn't affect Notepad).

 

[Blair]

Iopeneed Word before I started
What happened was when I pressd ctrl +V I got an image but it was theimage
from the last time I used copy and paste in Word.
Is there a fault on my keyboard?
Blair

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I would guess that this might be a keyboard issue. Either that key is not
working or it has been assigned to something else.