A screen capture is a quick and easy way to take a picture of what is on your computer screen. There are two types of screen captures: full screen and partial screen.

To take a full screen capture, press the "apple", "shift" and number "3" keys at the same time. You will hear the sound of a camera taking a picture. This will place a PDF version of the picture on your desktop,

If you would like to take a picture of a section of the computer screen, you will need to take a partial screen capture. Hold down the "apple", "shift" and number "4" keys at the same time. Your cursor will become a cross hair. Using the mouse or touch pad, click and drag the cross hairs to select the portion of the screen for a capture. The portion that will be captured is now highlighted in blue. To take the picture, simply release the mouse click. After you hear the camera shutter sound effect, a PDF of the picture will appear on the desktop.

If several windows are open on the desktop and you would like to take a screen capture of just one of them, press "apple", "shift" and the number "4" keys at the same time. Your cursor will become a cross hair. Press the space bar, and the cross hair will become a camera. As you move the camera, the window the camera is over will become highlighted in blue. When the needed window is selected, press the mouse button to take a picture. Again, as the picture is taken, you will hear the camera shutter sound effect and a PDF version of the picture will appear on the desktop.

To save the screen capture, open it by clicking on the "picture" icon. Next, click on "File", and select "Export" from the drop down box. You will be prompted to name the picture in the ýSave Asý blank. You will also select where you would like the document to be saved from the drop down box, and then select the JPG format. Click "Save". You have now successfully taken and saved a screen capture.