A screenshot is exactly what it sounds like, a shot of your screen. They can also be referred to as a screen dump, screen capture, print screen, screen grab, etc. At the end of the day, they all refer to a picture being taken of exactly what is displayed on your monitor/screen.

Screenshots can be very useful. Here are some examples:

• Use them on your website to illustrate something
• Use them as a blog image
• Send them to friends (via email) to show them something or even post the image to Facebook
• Even use them to create training, as I will be doing :)
• The options are almost endless

Screenshots usually include everything on your screen, including your Start menu, task bar and even your in-game screen - if you can see it on your screen, it will be included in the screenshot! Although, you can also take custom screenshots, to only include a certain area of your screen.

Here is an example of a screenshot that I did while creating this tutorial:

In my example above, I removed some of the screenshot (open tabs, window frames etc.) in the WA Image Upload screen. In the examples below, nothing is removed so you can see the entire screenshot taken:

In WINDOWS:

On MAC:

Ok, so there you have a description of a screenshot and a few examples to show you what it look's like (in Windows & Mac).

Now let's move on to the process to create one - your very own one! Select the page at the top right for Windows or for Mac, or just click on 'Next Page' at the bottom right to continue...