Saturday, February 18, 2012

How to Take a Screenshot in Windows 7

Sometimes you may need to take the screenshot of the items that displayed on the display. Screenshot is image taken by operating system to record items that displayed on the display.
You can do the screenshot in 2 ways in the Windows 7.

First – using keys’ combinations of your keyboard.
1. At the beginning you must clarify what keys should be used to take the screenshot.
Usually you should use PrintScreen key on your keyboard (or PrtScr).
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But sometimes you can do the screenshot by pressing Fn or Ctrl then pressing another key.
2. If you want take the screenshot of the items that currently showed on the display
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press key combination that used for taking the screenshots.
2. Open Paint (or another image editor). To open Paint go to Start menu, choose All Programs, then Accessories and choose Paint.
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3. Paste your screenshot to the Paint window using Paste option or Ctrl+V keys combination.
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4. Save the image to the destination folder.
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NOTE: If you want to take the screenshot of the active window then you should press and hold Alt key on your keyboard and press PrintScreen key on your keyboard or another key combination that used for taking the screenshots.
You will get next result:
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Second – using Snipping Tool in Windows 7
1. Open Start menu, choose All Programs, then Accessories and press Snipping Tool.
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You will see next window:
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2. Select area that you want to take screenshot of.
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3. Save the image to destination folder.
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