Can’t paste screen shot

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mattmcl
Feb 21, 2008
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Photoshop CS3 won’t let me paste in a screen shot anymore. I hit PrtScn, open Photoshop, create a new file (the file IS created at the size of the screen, which is a start), and hit paste and nothing happens. Edit/Paste is greyed out in the menu.

I can however, paste a screen shot into Word, and then copy and paste that into Photoshop, but Word does something to the colors in addition to creating an extra step in the process.

Any thoughts?
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John_Joslin
Feb 21, 2008
Try purging the clipboard from Photoshop prior to making the screen shot.
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dave_milbut
Feb 21, 2008
restart photoshop is the only reliable way i’ve found to reset this bug once it occurs.
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mattmcl
Feb 21, 2008
Well, I can’t purge the clipboard because it’s greyed out when I create a new file.

And the bug happens right from startup, restarting doesn’t help.

Thanks though.
JJ
John_Joslin
Feb 21, 2008
SnagIt.
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dave_milbut
Feb 22, 2008
if you can’t paste AT ALL, right from startup, reset the preferences per the faq.

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