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How To Take A Screen Shot Of Your Desktop. A Simple Tutorial

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I have a laptop that does not have a print screen button! I am quite literate when using a computer but I cant remember how to copy a screen on a LAPTOP and paste it...Can someone help???

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I didn't know how to do this 'till read this thread, however I do know how to do it on a Mac, in Case anyone out there is using Apple's OSX here's the command for Print Screen.Full Screen = Shift + Command + 3Capture Selection = Shift + Cammand + 4

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If you hold left alt while using print screen it will only screen shot the active window. This is especially useful if you only want a certain window in your screenshot but don't feel like cropping it, :).Not a lot of people know about that so thought I'd share.

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If you hold left alt while using print screen it will only screen shot the active window. This is especially useful if you only want a certain window in your screenshot but don't feel like cropping it, smile.gif.
Not a lot of people know about that so thought I'd share.


great but i want a way that enables me to capture a certain portion of my screen?

i then want to circle a few things, which programs would allow me to do that?

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The basic screen-capture button is great but I prefer using screen-capture software for snagit for more effective results. Still looking for a good video-capturing software tho

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great but i want a way that enables me to capture a certain portion of my screen?
i then want to circle a few things, which programs would allow me to do that?



Good question. For that I would just use Paint to crop whatever you don't want in the picture. It's probably faster than other methods anyways.

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<p>I have a laptop that does not have a print screen button! I am quite literate when using a computer but I cant remember how to copy a screen on a LAPTOP and paste it...Can someone help???</p>

There might be some other OS-specific key combination as someone suggests on Mac. In Windows Vista and XP there is usually a On-Screen Keyboard that you can run from the Accessories >> Accessibility menu or similar. That will allow you to "click" on the Print Screen button and capture the screen just like with a normal keyboard. I know for sure it works on a MacBook running XP.

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