How to take a screenshot

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Describing website issues can be difficult with Email messages alone. An image reference can help you in describing issues, and it would help us understand them as well! There are a couple methods to doing this; here is are a couple ways to do so with a PC or a Mac.

How to take a screen shot with a PC

  1. Get your screen prepped for your screenshot, so have any applicable information showing on your screen
  2. Press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard; May not look like anything happened. Think of this as the "copy" part of a copy and paste -- Alternatively, you can click on ALT + Print Screen to copy ONLY the top-most window you have open/selected
  3. Open up an image editing program; all PC's should be equipped with "Paint"
  4. Go to Edit > Paste, or right click on an empty canvas, and select paste, or click CTRL + V to paste.
  5. Save your new image screenshot!

How to take a screen shot with a MAC

  1. Command-Shift-3: Takes a screenshot of the screen, and saves it as a file on the desktop

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  1. Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop

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  1. Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
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