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I just found out that during game play you take a snappshot by pressing the 'print scrn' button. My question is this.. where do the pics go because I can't find them on my puter. Also is there an online manual for fsx that I can download? Any help would be appreciated

They're saved to the Clipboard. To retrieve them open a graphics editor (MS Paint, IrfanView or whatever) & paste them into it. There are several freeware automatic screen-grab utilities that will do this for you. Do a search for GrabClipSave or MultiGrab.

#1 - THe easier way would be to press the "V"  key.  You can then see your screenshots from the "Pilot Records"  section of FS-X (click right below multiplayer).   The screenshots are saved to your  C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Pictures\Flight Simulator X Files folder.

#2 - When you press "PrtScrn"  to capture a screen, it goes into your Windows "clipboard".   At that point, you have to paste it to a graphics program, otherwise you probably will lose it next time you capture or copy anything.

#3 - As to an online manual, why?  The "Learning Center"  has all the manuals you need for FS-X.

[quote]#3 - As to an online manual, why?

Give FRAPS a try... It's basic version is free, but you can then register to get extra functions...

#2 - When you press "PrtScrn"

A very long time since I've done it that way, but is it not "Alt+PrintSrn"?

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#2 - When you press "PrtScrn"

If you wish to take multiple screenshots use the V key which works in FSX only. I'm not sure how well this works & it might save the shots only in BMP format. The best method might be to use a Screengrab utility.

As I'm running in 1024x768 resolution, the FS-X screen grabs are coming in as 3Meg *.bmp files.....   a separate screen grabbing utility may be better, and especially so for staged shots!

As for the "Learning Center" Manuals - as always, they're good enough to get a person started in the basics of FS, but for getting the most of it there are better websites... :

I use Windows XP Pro W/SP2. When I use the screenshot function, the image automatically gets saved into My Documents/My pictures/Flight Simulator X Files by default. I didn't set it up that way, that was the case right after I installed FSX. I then open the image into my image editor and do what I want with it.

Regards,
NIGEL  

has anyone asked what version he is running....??

If FS9: hit printscreen and then open paint or other program and paste...

has anyone asked what version he is running....??

This is the FSX forum so I sort of assumed .....

Yes it is FSX. I downloaded Grabclipsave and all is well. Tried to download Multigrab but when I tried to install it said a .dll file was missing.

Just use "v", and it's the easiest way.  It's all saved into a folder somewhere in "My Documents" (mentioned above).  It's by far easier than anything else.  

Oh, and don't forget your cake...[smiley=birthdays.gif]

Yes it is FSX. I downloaded Grabclipsave and all is well. Tried to download Multigrab but when I tried to install it said a .dll file was missing.

As long as you're happy. That missing DLL is posted on the MultiGrab download page. Download the Latest dll set