How to take a screenshot on a computer
A screenshot, screen capture (or screen-cap), screen dump, screengrab is an image taken by the computer user to record the visible items displayed on the monitor.
In order to make screenshots you may use the special Print Screen button(PrtScr), which is usually placed in the upper-left corner of your keyboard.
How to use it:
On Windows, pressing PrtScr captures a screenshot of the entire desktop, while Alt+PrtScr captures only the active window.
Captured screenshots do not include the mouse pointer. Windows places these captured screenshots in the clipboard, meaning that an additional program needs to retrieve them from the clipboard.
Then the image can be extracted from the clipboard into the built-in Microsoft Paint software by pressing Ctrl+V on a new image.
Starting with Windows 8, however, Win+PrtScr instantly saves a screenshot to the "Screenshots" folder in "Pictures" library. All screenshots are saved as PNG files.
How to take a screenshot on a smartphone
iOS
- Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top or side of your device.
- Immediately press and release the Home button.
- To find your screenshot, go to the Photos app > Albums and tap Camera Roll.
Android
Press the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time, hold them for a second, and your phone will take a screenshot. It will show up in your Gallery app.
Windows Phone
On Windows Phone 8.1, just press the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time to take a picture of your screen. These are automatically saved in the Screenshots album in the Photos Hub.