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 PC

  1. Press The CTRL (Control) key and the PRT SC (Print Screen) key on your keyboard at the same time.
    Note: The Control keys are located at the bottom left and bottom right of your keyboard.  The Print Screen key is located in the top right of your keyboard.
    ctrl prtscr

    This makes a copy of your entire screen and saves it to the clipboard.
  2. Open either Word or an image software program (Paint also works), and paste the screen shot into the program.
  3. You can now save your file.

Using the Snipping Tool on Windows 10

 1. Type “snipping tool” into the windows search bar in the start menu.

type snipping tool in menu bar

2. Click on Snipping Tool.

click on snipping tool

3. The Snipping tool box will appear.

snipping tool box

4. Click the New button.

snipping tool box click new

5. In the drop down menu, select the option you want. Generally this will be Rectangular Snip.

snipping tool type of capture

6. The screen will appear to fade in color and a cursor will appear. Click the left mouse button and drag the cursor to capture the portion of the screen you wish to copy.

snipping tool appear in new window

The image will appear in a new window when you let go of the cursor.

7. To save the image, click the File tab at the top left of the screen.

snipping tool file tab

8. In the drop down menu, select Save As.

snipping tool save as

9. Browse to the location to which you wish to save the file and type a name for the file.

save as snipping tool

10. Click Save.

click save as snipping tool

 

MAC

Take a screenshot of your whole screen

  1. Press Command, Shift, and 3 on your keyboard at the same time.
    Note: The Command key is located in the bottom left of your keyboard.  The Shift keys are located on the bottom left and right of your keyboard.
    cmd shft 3
  2. The screenshot will be saved to your desktop as a .png file.

Take a screenshot of part of your screen

  1. Press Command and Shift and 4 on your keyboard at the same time.
    cmd shft 4
    The pointer will change to a cross-hair pointer.
  2. Drag the cross-hairs to select the area you want in the screenshot.  It will look something like the image below.
    screenshot crosshairs
  3. Let go of the mouse when you have the area you want in the screenshot selected.
    Note: If you grabbed the wrong area, press the ESC (Escape) key before you release the mouse, and it will cancel the screenshot.
  4. The screenshot will be saved as a .png file to your desktop.
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