Screenshots with the Print Screen Key
 

Screenshots can be an effective way of
inserting images into your handouts,
assignments, or presentations to make them
more visually appealing.

Screenshots can then be inserted into Microsoft
Word, PowerPoint or other Windows applications.

An example of a screenshot incorporated into a PowerPoint document.

A screenshot can be taken of the entire screen or a screenshot can be of only a particular window on your screen. A screenshot of only one window is useful when you only want an image of a particular application running on the computer without other distracting information.

Click here to learn how to take a screenshot
of your entire computer screen.

Click here to learn how to take a screenshot
of a specific Window of your computer screen.

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Using Google images
to Visually
Enhance Documents

How to take
a screenshot of
only one window

How to take
a ''full screen''
screenshot

Enhancing Word and
PowerPoint documents
with the Shape Tools