How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop

How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop or the Active Window in Windows

 

Here's How:

• Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. It may be labeled [PrtScn].

 

• Open an image editing program, such as Microsoft Paint.
• Go to the Edit menu and choose Paste.  
• If prompted to enlarge the image, choose Yes.  
• Optional: Use your image editor's crop tool to crop out unnecessary portions of the screen shot. 
• Go to the File Menu and choose Save As.
• Navigate to the folder where you want to save the image.
• Type a file name for the image.
• Select a file type.
• Click the Save button.