Capturing Screen Shots

For demonstration purposes, you may want to capture an image of the computer screen as it appears.  While this can be accomplished using special computer programs, it can also be easily done using a basic computer set-up.

Capturing an image of the screen is as simple as pressing the “Print Scrn” button that is usually located after the ‘F’ function buttons on most computer keyboards.  After you press the button, open Paint, Word or your favorite graphics program and click the “Paste” button, select “Paste” from the “Edit” menu or type “Ctrl V” to paste the image.  Now the image can be edited for size and shape.  In word, the image can be resized while maintaining the height and width proportions by pressing the “Ctrl” button while clicking on a corner of the image box where the double ended arrow at a 45 degree angle appears.

Now you can put the image into your presentation or paper by selecting the image and copying and pasting it into your document.  Play with the text wrapping settings if you are having trouble moving the image to where you want it to go.