What is a screenshot you may ask?
Acdording to Wikipedia a screenshot, screen capture, or screen dump is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor or another visual output device.
Basically, its a picture of what is on your computer screen at that precise moment in time.
There are many, many ways to take a screenshot. Here are some of the most popular ones:
PC Users:
Without Any Outside Software Assistance:
- Press Print Screen button key (may look like this: “prt scr” and is usually in the upper right hand side). This copies the image to your computer’s memory.
- Open up the “Paint” program (Typically can be found here: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint)
- Go to the Edit menu and click Paste or you can press and hold “Ctrl” and tap V. Then you may crop if you like.
- Click File > Save As. In the box that pops up, change the “Save As Type” to PNG or JPG. Type in a filename for your image. Choose a place to save, like the Desktop, and click save.
With Outside Software Assistance:
- Snagit - It’s the best (but is not free)
- Gadwin Print Screen (free)
- ScreenGrab (free firefox plugin – need firefox browser)
Mac Users:
Without Outside Software Assistance:
- Option+Command+3(full screen shot) Photo goes to your desktop automatically
OR - Option+Command+4 (select area of screen you want – drag a square on the area of the screen you want) Photo goes to your desktop automatically
With Outside Software Assistance:
- Snapz Pro (Great but not free)
- SnapnDrag (free)
- Screenshot Plus (free)