Lady, some programs automatically "open" a new document whenever you launch the application (MSWord is a good example, well...an example) PS waits for you to decide.

You're right, the correct steps would be:
Alt+PrintScreen (screen cap to clipboard)
Ctrl+N (new document)
Ctrl+V (paste contents of clipboard)

Cam, the "Alt" with the PrintScreen lets you capture JUST the active window (the one with the "blue bar") hitting the PrintScreen button alone will give you EVERYTHING on your screen (which means you may need to crop...).

nice of you to stop by, hope to see you around more often ;)

:)
retrocity