Take a Screenshot

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Taking a Screenshot in Windows XP

Locate the below key on your keyboard

This key takes a picture of your entire screen

Once you have pressed this key we now need to paste the captured picture into a graphics file

Go to the start menu in the bottom left hand side of your screen

print screen.JPG

Click on All programs then click on Accessories

Open paint.JPG

Open Microsoft Paint

Now to paste in the captured picture please press the below key combination

This will paste the picture into Microsoft Paint

Once this is pasted into Microsoft Paint you will now need to save the image

To do this please go to the File menu and press on the Save button

Please save this image to your desktop choosing a recognizable file name

Taking a Screenshot in Windows 7

Locate the below key on your keyboard

print

This key takes a picture of your entire screen

Once you have pressed this key we now need to paste the captured picture into a graphics file

Go to the start menu in the bottom left hand side of your screen

Windows7Start.png

Click on All programs then click on Accessories

Start menu.png

Open Microsoft Paint

Now to paste in the captured picture please press the below key combination

ctrl+V.JPG

Or use the clip board image to paste in to the Microsoft Paint software

PaintClipboardW7.png

This will paste the picture into Microsoft Paint

Once this is pasted into Microsoft Paint you will now need to save the image

To do this please go to the File menu and press on the Save button

Please save this image to your desktop choosing a recognizable file name

Taking a Screenshot in Windows 8

Locate the below key on your keyboard

print

This key takes a picture of your entire screen

Once you have pressed this key we now need to paste the captured picture into a graphics file

Go to the start menu in the bottom left hand side of your screen

Windows8Start.png

Click on the "Down Arrow" at the bottom of the monitor

Windows8AllPrograms.png

Open Microsoft Paint

Windows8Paint.png

Now to paste in the captured picture please press the below key combination

ctrl+V.JPG

Or use the clip board image to paste in to the Microsoft Paint software

PaintClipboardW7.png

This will paste the picture into Microsoft Paint

Once this is pasted into Microsoft Paint you will now need to save the image

To do this please go to the File menu and press on the Save button

Please save this image to your desktop choosing a recognizable file name.

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