how do i take a screen shot ?

Question

i have a laptop in windows, how do i take a screen shot?

Answer 1

The use of the Prnt Scrn button on the keyboard is one of the oldest tricks in Windows though many CAD users still don't know about it since they have never needed to worry about raster images. When you hit the Prnt Scrn button on your keyboard, the entire screen area is captured and stored on the Windows Clipboard. In the past, the Clipboard application was installed by default but most people don't use it anymore and thus the application is no longer installed by default. There really is no need to have it as an application since its primary function is to serve as a cache for transferring items from one application to another. Though you may not know it, you use the Clipboard every time you do a Cut and Paste procedure and that is why you can copy AutoCAD or Architectural Objects and Paste them into Word, for example.

I find that many of the Shademodes produce an image that is actually good enough for client presentations since they can be quite simple and almost cartoon like. Unfortunately, there is no way to output or save Shaded Views so this is a case where the Prnt Scrn can come as a handy tool. Once you have captured your screen, you will need to Paste that image into some program that can receive it. I prefer to Paste these screen captures into Photoshop where I can Crop them and make other minor modifications so they look more presentable. I also use this trick to create rapid presentation images for client websites since Photoshop has fantastic tools for saving to web formats.

TIP:
If you use Photoshop, start a New File immediately after using the Prnt Scrn key and it will automatically be sized to the screen. Use the Paste command or Ctrl + V keys to import the screen capture from the clipboard.

Answer 2

Press the PrintScreen key. Open Paint program and Edit/Paste the picture. You can use Alt+PrintScreen to take a screenshot from active window only.

Answer 3

First, have the screen you want to take a snapshot from and press the "prt scr sys rq" button.

then open MS paint or another photo editing program and press ctrl+v (or right click and paste). erase everything you don't want and when you are ready save the file.

Answer 4

You press The Print Screen button (PrtScrn).
To just take a snapshot of whatever program you're in, press Alt+PrtScrn.

Hope this Helps!

Answer 5

Shift + Prnt Scrn

Answer 6

Hi Angel,
If you look to the right of your F12 key you'll see a Prt Scrn key, simply tap that and it takes a screenshot of what ever is on your desktop :-P.