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Capturing a copy of what is displayed on your screen can often help others to understand something you are
All versions of Windows have very basic screen capturing built in. It works well however has limited features. Simply press the Print Screen button (usually top right of the keyboard). This takes a copy of the entire screen and places it in your clipboard. You can then paste this into something (MS Paint, Word, etc) and save it. Pressing Alt & Print Screen captures the active window only.
There are far better tools available
==Windows Vista and 7==
Within Windows Vista and 7 there is a 'Snipping Tool'. It is very basic but gets the job done.
Click Start, Programs, Accessories and Snipping Tool.
Click Start, Programs, Accessories and Snipping Tool. Once loaded, highlight an area of the screen you are interested by holding down your left mouse button. Release the button and the image will appear in the Snipping Tool. You can do basic annotation such as adding a line, or use the highlighter to emphasise an area.▼
(If snipping tool is not on your system, Open ''control panel'', click ''Programs and features'', click ''Turn windows feaures on and off'', look for ''Tablet PC Optional Components'' and tick it).
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Click File, Save As -- make sure your file format is PNG or JPG as these are the best options for saving.
Attach the file to your post in the forum.
[[File:SnippingTool-example.PNG|200px]]▼
An example of the output using the two annotation techniques -- a pen (to draw the blue area) and the highlighter.....
==Windows 10==
▲[[File:SnippingTool-example.PNG|200px]]
The Snipping Tool (as above) still exists in Windows 10, but has had a bit of an update. Find it in your 'All Apps' section under the start button.
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To take a screenshot on an Apple Mac, press: Command & Shift & 4
A file will then be added to your desktop named "Screen Shot <date> <time>". Double click on this to edit it as required.
==Apps==
===Greenshot for Windows ===
One of a number of available tools for screen capture, this is very simple, effective, and free to use. This is a great all rounder for any version of Windows.
Download from http://getgreenshot.org/ and install.
Click File, Save As and a file type of PNG or JPG -- attach the saved file to your forum message
A far more accomplished tool to get your message across.
Example screen capture with an ellipse, some text and an arrow.....
[[File:Greenshot-example.png|200px]]
===Other Screen Capturing Tools===
==Free==
[http://clipboard.ybex.com Ybex Clipboard]
[http://code.google.com/p/zscreen zScreen]
==Commercial==
[http://www.techsmith.com/snagit Snagit]
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