Instruction
1
Press Print Screen on the keyboard to place the image of the screen of the computer monitor to the clipboard. On a standard keyboard, this button is placed above the Insert key and to the right of the number of functional keys immediately after pressing F12. Compact keyboards the place of its location may vary, but most often to look for should still be in the upper-right block of keys. Sometimes it is marked with an abbreviated inscription PrtScn.
2
Press Print Screen, hold down the ALT key, if you need to make a screenshot not the whole screen, but only the active application window (e.g. browser).
3
Use any graphic editor to save placed in the clipboard image. For example, if you have Adobe Photoshop, then run it and press CTRL + N to create a new document. Photoshop will determine the dimensions in the clipboard image, so to change anything in the dialog for creating a new document is not necessary - just click "OK".
4
Press CTRL + V to paste the copied image into a graphics editor created a new document. If necessary, you can edit as needed. Then press SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + S to open the optimization dialog and save the screenshot. Select the format of stored images, select the best quality settings and click "Save". In the save dialog, specify the file name and where it is stored and again press "Save".
5
Use any specialized program, if you often have to take screenshots of their subsequent processing. For example, it can be a program, SnagIt, which has a lot of very useful features. In particular, it can create not only static screenshots and record video of what is happening on-screen movements. In addition, the program has a very advanced editor made screenshots with a simple control system.