Tech Tip: How to Screenshot

SCREENSHOT!

     I don't know about you all, but having the ability to screen shot or take snap shots of something on my computer is very handy. It actually saved my grade once when it came to doing a submission for a class online and I took a screenshot that I was in the middle of the submission when the clock struck 12 (Note: don't procrastinate).

So I wanted to share a Tech Tip of how to screen shot on your computer!
*It is different depending on the type of computer you have

     Windows:

     In Windows, PrintScreen key copies the whole screen image, as a graphic, onto your invisible Clipboard, so you can paste into an e-mail message or any other program (“This is what I’m seeing! What do I do now?!”). If you add the Alt key, you copy only the front window.

     Apple:

     On the Mac, press Command-Shift-3. (Command is the key with the propeller on it, next to the Space bar.) You hear a snapshot sound, and you get a graphics file on your desktop—a picture of the entire screen image.

     *If you press Command-Shift-4 instead, you get a crosshair cursor; you can draw across just one portion of the screen. Or, if you now tap the Space bar, you turn the cursor into a little camera icon. You can now click on just one window or toolbar that you want to copy.

     BONUS:

     In both cases, you can hold down the Control key to copy the image to the Clipboard instead of leaving a file on the hard drive.

This is a snippet of my computer screen as I write this blog to demonstrate the action.
2016

If you want to learn more fun Tech Tips, check out this link!

'25 More Tech Tips 7 Tricks'
By David Pogue of the New York Times
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/25-more-tech-tips-and-tricks/?_r=0