TAKING A SCREENSHOT Use this guide to take a picture of what is being displayed on your computer screen. 1. Set up your computer screen to display the item of which you want to take a picture. 2. Locate the Print Screen key on your keyboard, which is typically found on the upper right corner of your keyboard. It may look something like this example. 3. If your Print Screen key has a box around it, like the one shown to the right, you’ll also need to locate the Function key. The Function key is typically located on the bottom left corner of your keyboard. Print Screen with box. Function Key 4. Once you’ve located the appropriate keys on your keyboard, check again to ensure your computer screen has the correct item(s) displayed for your screenshot. 5. If you have a Print Screen key without a surrounding box, simply press it. If you have a Tip: Did Print Screen Work? Print Screen key with the surrounding box, Did you press the Print Screen key and nothing press and hold the Function key and then press seemed to happen? It’s OK! You won’t be able the Print Screen key at the same time the to tell anything happened, but the screen Function key is pressed. should now be copied and ready for your next step. 6. Go to where you want to paste your screenshot. You can do this in a blank Word document, an email, or a submission box. We’ll use MS Word in this guide. Open up the MS Word application to a blank document. 7. Now, paste the image into the document. There are a number of ways you can paste, but Tip: Other Paste Options! we’ll use the right-click menu. Right-click your Another paste option is to use your keyboard. mouse somewhere in your blank Word Simply press the Control key (Ctrl) and the V key document. A menu will appear. at the same time. You can also paste in MS Word by going to the Paste button on the top left corner of the Home tab from the toolbar ribbon. P a g e 1 | 2 8. Ignore the top formatting menu. On the right- click menu under Paste Options, there is an image of a clipboard for pasting. Click the Paste image. 9. Your screenshot will appear in the document. Click Enter to advance your cursor to the next line. 10. Repeat these steps for any additional screenshots you need to add to the document before submitting your work. 11. Use your assignment instructions to properly save your document. P a g e 2 | 2 .