Now it is time to take our screenshot. There are a couple ways of doing this depending on what version of Windows you are in.

Windows 8: Hold the windows key on your keyboard (the one with the Windows logo) and press the "Print Screen" key. You will see a flash and the image will be saved to a folder called "Screenshots" in your images library.

Windows 7 or Below: Press the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard. Go into a program like Paint and press ctrl+v to paste. This will paste your screenshot in. Now use Paint to save it as an image.

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RickBell57 Premium
Darn I have a aftermarket keypad with no prt! shucks!
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ninjazrb Premium
@RickBell57
Perhaps you could look into software that simulates the print screen button?
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Larry_T Premium
Great tutorial. It is definitely a keeper.
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ninjazrb Premium
@Larry_T
Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully it helps somebody. :)
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HelenpDoyle Premium
This looks good as I am always using screen shots. Bookmarked to read tomorrow.
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ninjazrb Premium
@HelenpDoyle
Thanks for the feedback. Taking screenshots is a necessity in this business and there's not many resources on how to take professional screenshots so I thought I'd publish this.
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dillbizz Premium
Thanks for the tips, I use screen shots on my websites so this will come in handy!
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ninjazrb Premium
@dillbizz
Awesome. Glad I could help. Good luck.
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Cali Premium Plus
Now thats just cool. I would look for a chrome extension to do all that but still, that is fricking cool.
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ninjazrb Premium
@Cali
If you were looking to take pictures of web pages a chrome extension would work. However, this is geared towards taking a picture of certain computer programs, all of which may not be full-screen. Here is an example of a post where I use this tactic: http://blazingfastpc.com/how-to-use-oracle-vm-virtualbox
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@ninjazrb
so a virtual operating system works in this case? What are the advantages.
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@Cali
The virtual operating system thing is unrelated to this training. That was simply an example of how I used this method of taking screenshots in one of my posts on my own website.
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@ninjazrb
Gotcha
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