Screen Capture or Print Screen

	This is a simple trick to capture your screen shot. This page shows you how to capture a screen shot of your desktop or a window. Although the print screen feature has been available on Windows machine for a long time, some people have never tried to use it and would want to find out how. To capture a screen shot of your entire desktop: Hit "Print Screen" key on your keyboard (or "Print Scrn", or similar). Open an image editor (i.e. Photoshop, Paintshop, or the Windows built-in "Paint"). Press Ctrl-V to paste the image and save the file as Jpeg, Bitmap, etc.. To capture a screen shot of only a window, a popup, or an error dialog: Make sure the window or popup which you want to capture is active (on the very front of your screen). Hold the "Alt" button and press "Print Screen" key on your keyboard (or "Print Scrn", or similar). Open an image editor and press Ctrl-V to paste the image and save the file as Jpeg, Bitmap, etc..

Screen Capture or Print Screen