Screenshot Tips

Keyboard Capture and Paste

The Print Screen button on your keyboard can be used to capture a 'snapshot' image of your computer screen as it appeared when the button was pressed. When you use the keyboard to capture a screen shot, you will not see anything happen, but the image will be copied to your clipboard and is ready to paste into most documents, programs and e-mail.

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Entire Screen

To capture the entire screen, hold down Ctrl and Print Screen at the same time.

Active Window

To capture a particular window, click in that window to make sure it is the active window, then hold down Alt and Print Screen at the same time.

Crop Screen Shots

Often you want to save only a small section of the screen shot you have captured. Using the Paint program, already on your computer, you can select and copy just the part you need.

To open Paint, click Start → All Programs → Accessories → Paint
Use Edit → Paste or Ctrl+V to paste your captured screen shot
Click on the Select button then click and drag on the image to select the area you need.
Use Edit → Copy or Ctrl+C to copy your selection to the clipboard
Paste the selection at its destination, then close Paint without needing to save the image file.

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Office 2007 came with a notes management program called OneNote. When you open OneNote for the first time, it installs additional tools and features into many of your other Microsoft programs as well as a OneNote icon in your Windows taskbar. Once this has been set up, you can use the Screen Clipping feature of OneNote to select and capture specific parts of any screen display. Captured clippings are automatically copied to the clipboard, and can be pasted into documents, files and e-mails in addition to your OneNote notes.

To get started with OneNote, click Start → All Programs → Microsoft Office → Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. The Getting Started Guide will introduce you to features, including ways to gather screen clippings
For more information without committing to OneNote set-up, see online help on how to gather and insert screen clippings.[ http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/CH102381831033.aspx ]
If you're already using OneNote, holding down the Windows Logo Key and S at the same time will engage the clippings feature for any active screen.