Creating screenshots without any special software

Screenshots are digital pictures that you take of your computer screen. You don’t need a digital camera or any special equipment to do so. You can use special software, but it’s not required. Earlier, I introduced screenshots and some of their uses. Now, I want to give a quick guide to capturing screenshots and then later today introduce some of the more popular screenshot capture utilities. Capturing screenshots without any special software Both Microsoft Windows 2000 & XP, as well as Mac OS X can capture screen images. Microsoft Windows The Print Screen key (sometimes Prnt Scrn) will capture the … Continue reading

Screenshots – Capture pictures of your computer screen

Screenshots are very useful and easy to create. Today, I want to introduce screenshots, answering a few questions I have received from readers about them. What is a screenshot? Quite simply, it is a picture of all or part of what is being displayed on your computer monitor. Screenshots are also sometimes called screen captures or screen dumps. While most people tend to use the terms synonymously, others use each term to distinguish the type of screenshot being taken. For example, some will only use the term screen capture to describe capturing video of your screen over time. For general … Continue reading