Screen Capture

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-	1. Full Screen Capture	+	== Linux ==
-	On a PC:	+
-	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 thus:	+	=== Full Screen(s) ===
-	Screen shot of the entire desktop.	+	?
-	Simply paste it where you want it (i.e. in a Word Document).	+	=== Active Window ===
-	To resize the image (as we’ve done here) while maintaining its aspect ratio, click the image with the left mouse button to bring up the resize handles (the small boxes at the corners). Press shift while dragging any corner handle of the picture.	+	?
-	On a Mac:	+	=== Free Hand ===
-	Press shift + open apple + 3 at the same time. The screen shot will be automatically saved on your hard drive as picture 1.	+	?
-		+	== Mac OS X ==
-	2. Capture a Portion of a Screen	+
-	On a PC:	+
-	If you know a way to do this without a special software program let us know. We ended up simply taking full screen shots and then using the cropping tool inside Word to do this type of image.	+	=== Full Screen(s) ===
-	On a Mac:	+
-	Press shift + open apple + 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 image will appear on the hard drive as picture 1 etc.	+	'''Shift+Command+3'''
-		+	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.
-	3. Capture Just the Active Window	+
-	On a PC:	+
-	Press ALT + Print Screen simultaneously. This places just the active window on the clipboard, rather than the entire screen or desktop. Then you simply paste it into your document like so:	+	=== Active Window ===
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		+	=== Free Hand ===
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		+	'''Shift+Command+4'''
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		+	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.
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		+	== Windows XP ==
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		+	=== Full Screen(s) ===
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		+	'''Print Screen'''
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		+	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
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		+	=== Active Window ===
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		+	'''Alt+Print Screen'''
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		+	Press ALT + Print Screen simultaneously. This places just the active window on the clipboard, rather than the entire screen or desktop.
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		+	=== Free Hand ===
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		+	?
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		+	[[Category:Linux]]
		+	[[Category:Mac OS X]]
		+	[[Category:Windows XP]]

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Contents 1 Linux 1.1 Full Screen(s) 1.2 Active Window 1.3 Free Hand 2 Mac OS X 2.1 Full Screen(s) 2.2 Active Window 2.3 Free Hand 3 Windows XP 3.1 Full Screen(s) 3.2 Active Window 3.3 Free Hand

Linux

Full Screen(s)

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Active Window

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Free Hand

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Mac OS X

Full Screen(s)

Shift+Command+3

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.

Active Window

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Free Hand

Shift+Command+4

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.

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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