screencapture

Taking a Screen Capture
Taking a screen capture on your computer is very easy and very helpful in educational settings. We will also find it very helpful for technical support reasons to know how to create and send a screen capture.

There are two ways of taking a screen capture. The first method can be used on any computer. The second method can be used with the Promethean software.

First Method: Control + PrtSc
Step one: Once what you want to take a screen capture of is on the screen press the **blue FN button** and the **Insert (prt sc)** button on your keyboard. This will transfer the screen capture into memory. (Note that holding alt and striking print screen will take a capture of the active window only.) Note: On your home or desktop computer, you simply need to press the PrtScn button.

Step two: Open a graphics editor such as Paint and press paste (press Ctrl + V or go to Edit > Paste) to put the image into the graphics editor. (Paint is located in Start/Programs/Accessories.)

Second Method: Using the Camera Tool in the Promethean Software
Step one: Click on the Camera Tool icon on the Activstudio toolbar, and choose Area. Drag the box around the area you want to photograph. After you have selected the area, click To Clipboard in the top right corner.

Step two: Open a graphics editor such as Paint and press paste (press Ctrl + V or go to Edit > Paste) to put the image into the graphics editor. (Paint is located in Start/Programs/Accessories.)

That's it! Its that easy to take a screen capture totally for free using the feature built into Windows.