Taking Screenshots

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On a PC, to take a picture of your entire screen, press the PrtScn button on your keyboard. You will not see any evidence that a screenshot has been made.
- To take a picture of only the active window, press Alt and PrtScn at the same time. You will not see any evidence that a screenshot has been made.
  - To view the screenshot, you can open up Word, Outlook, Paint, or other similar programs and press Ctrl + V to paste the image.
On a Mac, to take a picture of your entire screen, press Command+Shift+3. The screenshot will be automatically saved to your desktop as a PNG file.
- To have the screenshot copied to your clipboard instead of saved as a file, press Command+Control+Shift+3.
- To take a picture of only the active window, press Command+Shift+4. Then press the spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera. You can click whichever window you want to screenshot and one will be created.
- To choose which section of the screen you want to copy, press Command+Shift+4. Drag the crosshairs across the section you wish to copy.
  - To cancel, press Escape before you click.