Difference between revisions of "Screenshot"

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A screenshot, screen dump, or screen capture or screenie is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items on the monitor or another visual output device. Usually this is a digital image taken by the host operating system or software running on the computer device, but it can also mean when a capture is made by an external device such as a camera or something intercepting the video output of the computer.

Instructions

1. To copy the screen to the clipboard, press the Print screen key (normally located in the top row on the right-hand side of the keyboard).

   If you wish capture only the active window, press and hold the Alt key, then press the Print screen key.

2. You may wish to paste (Ctrl-V) the screenshot into a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word, for inclusion in your document.
3. However, a standard image format is smaller and generally better for distribution. To save as an image:
   1. Click the "Start" button (normally located in the bottom left of your screen), and then click "Run".
   2. Type "mspaint" (without quotes), and press "Enter." This opens Paint.

      Alternatively, you can go to (in Windows XP) Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Paint.

   3. Press Ctrl-V to paste the screenshot. (In older versions of Paint, a dialog to re size the image may appear; click "Yes.")
   4. Press Ctrl-S to open the Save As dialog box. Type a filename in the "File name" field.

      For "Save as type," select either "24-bit Bitmap", "TIFF", or "PNG". ("GIF" and the other three bitmap types are often not suitable for full-color screenshots because they discard color information.)

      Press "Enter" or click "Save" to save the screenshot.

Images for upload on Lyceum Archives

Bitmaps are particularly large and are inappropriate for inclusion in Lyceum Archives. PNG or JPG are preferred due to there smaller size.

Note: Part of this page was copped from wikipedia.