Follow the White Rabbit

There are various ways to capture the information on your screen.

The first two methods will take a picture of your screen and create a computer file. The files are images named Picture 1, Picture 2 etc. They are located directly on your desktop.

Command Shift 3

This will take a picture of your entire screen.

Command Shift 4

Your cursor becomes a cross hair. This will allow you to press and drag your cursor over the area you would like to capture.

Variation:

If you click on the spacebar, after you use command shift 4, you should see that your cursor has become camera. This will allow you to take a picture of a window or a dialog box.

The next two methods do something similar. The only difference is, instead of creating a computer file named Picture, the information is stored in memory. This means that you can go to Microsoft Word and paste the image into your document.

Command Control Shift 3

This will take a picture of your entire screen.

Command Control Shift 4

Your cursor becomes a cross hair. This will allow you to press and drag your cursor over the area you would like to capture.

Variation:

If you click on the spacebar, after you use command control shift 4, you should see that your cursor has become camera. This will allow you to take a picture of a window or a dialog box.

For the Power User

Go to the Jing Project and download a free piece of software called Jing. Jing allows you to take screen captures but it also allows you to save your files as images locally or to the web and it also allows you to save your captures as video files. Another great feature, is that once you capture an area of your screen, you can draw arrows, boxes or write text on the capture before you save the file.