Check out
http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MacrosVBA/PrtSc.htm

'Within excel...you can try the below code and try pasting this to a new
worksheet
Cells.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture

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Jacob Skaria


"miek" wrote:

is there a way to programically simulate the "ALT+PRTSCR" to capture
the screen image which would be stored in the clipboard?