Ever see something on your screen that
you’d like to email or save for later? Sometimes it's easier to show someone
what you're seeing on your computer screen instead of explaining it.
Well, you can take a screen shot and
capture an exact image of what’s on the screen.
Here's what you gotta do..
- Click the window that you want to capture. Press Alt+Print Screen (
i.e. by holding down the Alt key and then pressing the Print Screen key).
The Print Screen key is near the upper-right corner of your keyboard.
(Depending on the type of keyboard you have, the exact key names on your
keyboard may vary slightly.)
You can take a screen shot of your entire desktop rather than just a single window by pressing the Print Screen key without holding down the Alt key.
By doing this an image of your screen will be copied to clipboard.
- Click Start-> Accessories-> Paint Brush
- In the Paint window, click Edit, and then click Paste.
- When the image appears in the Paint window, click File, and then click Save As.
- In the Save As dialog box, in the File name box, type a name for
the screen shot, and then click Save.
You can now print or email the saved screen shot just like you would any other picture.