How to capture a screenshot

How to Capture a Screen Shot with Windows OS

  1. Leaving the window or screen open, double click your MS Word icon to launch Word. Screen Clipping.JPG
  2. Click the Insert Tab, right next to the Home Tab
  3. Click the small drop down arrow just below the Screenshot icon   
  4. Click Screen Clipping
  5. The Word document will minimize to the task bar and the screen will gray out. You should see the screen you left open in the background.
  6. Now holding down the left mouse button drag the mouse pointer over the area you want to capture. Let go of the button and the area you selected will not be a screen shot in the Word document. Save that file to your USB, and then upload to the assignment in question.

 

 How to Capture a Screen Shot with Mac OS X

  1. Command-Shift-3: Takes a screenshot of the screen, and saves it as a file on the desktop

  2. Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Takes a screenshot of an area and saves it as a file on the desktop

  3. Open your word processing program (Usually Microsoft Word).  Go to the Edit menu and choose paste in order to past the screen capture into your document file. Alternatively you may choose to insert the image from your desktop.

  4. Save the file with your name and “print screen” in the title.

  5. For more information on capturing a screenshot with Mac OS, please visit WikiHow: How to Take a Screenshot in Mac OS X Links to an external site.