Screen Capture
From Luke Jackson
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| - | '''Shift+Command+4''' | + | [[Image:Shift key.jpg]] '''+''' [[Image:Command key.jpg]] '''+''' [[Image:4 key.jpg]] |
| - | Press Shift + Command + 4 at the same time. A cross hair should appear, and you can use it to draw around the area you wish to capture. You should hear a camera shot sound when you release the mouse. The screen shot will be automatically saved on your Desktop as a PNG file named something similar to Picture 1. | + | Press Shift + Command + 4 at the same time and hold. A cross hair should appear, and you can use it to draw around the area you wish to capture. You should hear a camera shot sound when you release the mouse. The screen shot will be automatically saved on your Desktop as a PNG file named something similar to Picture 1. |
| == Windows XP == | == Windows XP == | ||
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Linux
Full Screen(s)
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Active Window
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Free Hand
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Mac OS X
If you also add CTRL it will copy the screen capture to the clipboard.
Full Screen(s)
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Press Shift + Command + 3 at the same time. The screen shot(s) will be automatically saved on your Desktop as PNG file(s) named something similar to Picture 1.
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Press Shift + Ctrl + Command + 3 at the same time. The screen shot(s) will be copied to your clipboard.
Active Window
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Free Hand
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Press Shift + Command + 4 at the same time and hold. A cross hair should appear, and you can use it to draw around the area you wish to capture. You should hear a camera shot sound when you release the mouse. The screen shot will be automatically saved on your Desktop as a PNG file named something similar to Picture 1.
Windows XP
Full Screen(s)
Print Screen
To capture the entire screen simply press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.. (At the top just to the right of the F12 button.) This places the entire desktop on the clipboard
Active Window
Alt+Print Screen
Press ALT + Print Screen simultaneously. This places just the active window on the clipboard, rather than the entire screen or desktop.
Free Hand
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Tags
Print Screen, Take a picture of the screen, Desktop Capture