How do you take a screen shot with a computer?

Answer 1

Use the [Print Screen] key to capture the entire desktop or [CTRL]+[Print Screen] to capture the current window. The snapshot is placed on the clipboard which can then be pasted into any suitable image editor.

Answer 2

Windows:

Without minimizing what you want to capture, press the key "Print Screen" on your keyboard (typically it's near the Pause and Scroll Lock keys). Then go to any graphic editor - such as MS Paint - and paste the image (Ctrl + V) into the editor. You have now the image of the whole screen. Use File / Save to save it to a file - save it as a .jpg.

To restrict to the active window only, press Alt + Print Screen.

You can also use some third-party software like Grabilla, Jing or GreenShot.

Apple Macintosh:

Hold down the Shift and Command keys, then press number 3. (The Command key has the Apple picture on it.)

To capture only part of the screen, hold down Shift & Command, then press number 4. The cursor will change to a cross. If you drag from top-left to bottom-right of what you want to capture, you will hear a camera-click when you release the mouse button.

The captured .png shot will appear on the desktop as Picture 1, Picture 2, etc. This will open in Preview or any other graphics program.

There are also other freeware or shareware tools specialized for this task.

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Answer 3

1. Press the Print Screen button.

You can find that button at the upper right corner of your keyboard,

located on the left side of the Scroll Lock button and on the right side of the F12 button.

2. Open up any photo editing / drawing program (Microsoft Paint will do just fine)

3. Press Control + V, or choose: Edit > Paste

4. Save!

Answer 4

Press the button "Pr Scrn" on your keyboard, without minimizing what you want to capture. Then, open a graphic editor - such as MS Paint - and press CTRL+V, and save the image as a .jpg.

Another option, if you want to print anything on the screen, is to use a special program such as PCHand Screen Capture.

http://www.screen-capture-record.com/

Answer 5

Press the PrtScrn button on top rigght of your keyboard, then you can open the page or document where you want to insert it, such as an email or Words Document, then right click, then left click on paste.

Answer 6

In order to take a screenshot on a PC you can use the "prt sc"-button usually found on the upper right on the keyboard. In order to take the screenshot you might have to hold the "fn"-button and then press the "prt sc"-button. You can then paste the screenshot into any picture editor program, such as Microsoft Paint.

Answer 7

There should be a button labeled "prtscrn" or "sysrq" or both. Press that, alt and control at the same time.

Answer 8

You hit the Printscreen button (PrtSc) on the top row of the keyboard and paste it into a word document or where ever you want to paste it.

Answer 9

Look for the Print Screen key on your keyboard, which might be labelled PrtScn or something similar. To capture the entire screen (everything you see on the screen, including all open windows), press the PrtScn button. This screenshot will be placed on your clipboard for you to paste wherever you want.