Introduction: How to Take a Picture of Your Computer Screen!!

By Cayla's How To Channel
About: I post how to videos on youtube and run my own business on the side making hand crafted keychains, Jewelry and other items. One of my main goals in life is to help as many people as I can and just knowing tha…

This instructable will show you a quick and easy way to take a picture of your computer screen and save it on your computer

Please subscribe to my channel

Thanks :)

Step 1: Take a Screenshot

1. Press the Prt Sc key on your keyboard

  • This will take a screenshot of your computer screen and save it to the clipboard
  • For some computers it will be just the Prt Sc key and for other computers you will need to press the Fn key at the same time

Step 2: Open Paint

Windows 7 or Earlier

1. Method #1 : Start Menu

  • Go to the Start Menu
  • Double Click on the icon to open the program

2. Method #2 : Desktop

  • Go to your Desktop
  • Double Click on the icon to open the program

Windows 8 or 8.1

1. Method #1 : Side Bar

  • Go to the Side Bar
  • Click on Search
  • Type in Paint
  • Click on the icon to open the program

2. Method #2 : Start Menu

  • Go to the start menu
  • Click on the downward arrow in the bottom left corner
  • Type Paint in the search box
  • Click on the program to open it
  • Instead of searching you can also scroll over until you find the program

    Step 3: Paste Screenshot

    1.Press Ctrl + V on keyboard

    • This will paste the screenshot you just took into paint

    Step 4: Save Screenshot

    1. Go to File

    2. Go to Save as

    3. Select the format you want

    • PNG
    • JPEG
    • BMP
    • GIF
    • JPEG (best format)

    4. Type in what you would like to save the picture as

    5. Click Save

    6. Exit Paint

    a) Method #1 : Menu

    • Go to the drop down menu
    • Select Exit at the bottom

    b) Method #2 : X

    • Click on the X in the top right corner

    Step 5: Open Screenshot

    1. Go to Pictures

    • Double Click on Recycle Bin to open it
    • Double Click on Pictures

    - Your Screenshot should be saved here