Taking a Screenshot with a PC
A screenshot is simply a "picture" of what you are looking at on your computer screen. Follow the instructions below for creating a screenshot.
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Open a document or page you want for your screenshot. (For example, you might have Internet Explorer or Mozilla open with the page that shows your scores of an online quiz you just took which your teacher wants to see.)
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To take a picture of the entire desktop, press the Print Screen key located in the upper right corner of your keyboard (Prnt Scrn) to save the screenshot to your clipboard. (You won't see the clipboard, but your image will be saved on your computer.)
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Immediately open a word processing document (e.g., OpenOffice). Then,
- click your cursor on that page, and
- paste (Go to Edit menu, then Paste) your screenshot.
Make sure you see the correct image. If you don't, try again.
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Save the word processing document containing your screenshot image in Student Storage.
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You will now be able to find your screenshot image in Student Storage and attach your screenshot document to an email message to send to a teacher or classmate. |
Note:
- If you want to take a picture of JUST a certain window, be sure the window is active. (Click on it.)
- Then hold down the following 2 keys at the same time: Alt and Print Screen (Prnt Scrn).
- It will be placed on your clipboard. (You won't see the clipboard, but your image will be saved on your computer.).
- Then you can paste it into another program, like OpenOffice.
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