Screenshot
Learn How To Take A Screenshot on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Gnome
Taking a Screenshot / screen capture on your mobile devices is necessary on many occasions. For example when you would like to share a screenshot of your site with your website developer and also for troubleshooting your PC errors with a PC technician and so on.. Now a days with new phones being released every day, the process of taking screenshots is not the same with every phone released. It varies based on the Operating System it runs and the device manufacturer. So sometimes it can be bit confusing and frustrating. So we have created this site as an Ultimate Guide to learning how to take a screenshot , screen capture on your devices.
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How do I take a screenshot in Windows?
Follow these simple steps to take print screens
1. Find Prt scr / Sys Rq Key in your keyboard.
2. To Capture Screen Image, press the Print Screen (Prt Sc) button once, your screen will be captured and stored in the clipboard.
3. Now open any image editing application in windows like Microsoft Paint And then press Ctrl + V button to paste the taken Screen Image on Paint and then save it by pressing Ctrl + S button
Complete tutorials on taking screenshots with Windows:
How to Take A Screen Capture On Windows Laptop?
Follow the same procedure above to take Screenshot On Windows Based Laptops / Windows PC
How to Take A Screenshot of only a single window?
Hold Down Alt Button and then press Prtscn button – This will take a screenshot of only the current window and saves it in a clipboard.
This procedure can also be followed to take screenshots in windows 8, windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP
Taking Screen Capture on Mac OS X:
Works on all Mac OS X releases: Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion
How do I take a screenshot on mac?
Press and hold down the command Key (1)and Shift Button (2)
and press the 3 Button (3)
as shown in the picture.This takes a screenshot of the entire page and saves the file on the desktop named like Screenshot date at Time.png
Taking a screenshot On Linux:
In Linux based system we can take a screenshot easily with the following steps 1.Locate and press the print screen key (Prt Sc) On your keyboard.This will take a screenshot of the entire screen.This works on most of the Linux desktops. 2.A window will open asking where to save it.Choose the folder where you wanted and save it
Screenshot or screen capture On iPhone, iPad, iPod ( iOS devices )
Press the Home Button and the power/sleep button to take a screenshot of the entire screen and to save it in the photos section. Works on all iOS devices which runs on iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7 , iOS 8 , iOS 9 and iOS 10 . Refer these posts below for screenshot on specific iOS devices
Learn how to take a screenshot on iPhone X & iPhone XS , XS max
Taking Screenshot / Screen capture On Android:
For android devices, the procedure for taking screenshot varies based on the different manufacturers like Htc, Samsung, Sony.
Read our complete in-depth guide on How to take a screenshot on Android
Other android devices
1. Xperia S, SL, SP, Xperia Z, ZL
2. Moto X
3. Htc One X
4. Galaxy Grand 2
5. Galaxy S3 mini
6. Samsung Galaxy S5
7. Samsung Galaxy S4
8. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
On blackberry Phones:
To learn how to take a screenshot on blackberry smartphones
Read this complete guide on How to take a screenshot on Blackberry
Or choose your specific device below
On Other blackberry tablets:
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- Screenshot on Blackberry playbook
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On GNOME:
For GNOME, press window (Meta) Key and then type in Screenshot and Press Enter key. A Take screenshot program will open with various options.
On Websites:
How do I take a screenshot of a web page or website?
You can take Website Screen Shot using browser screen capture add-ons such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari: Awesome Screenshot extensions for chrome can be used to easily capture entire web pages, selected area easily with a few clicks.
Hope you enjoyed our tutorial on how to take a screenshot on your device. Do let us know if you have any queries using our contact us page or our comments sections.