Copying Your Screen

If you need to include a copy of your computer screen in a document, do the following:

1. Press the PrintScreen button on your keyboard. This copies everything you see on the screen to your computer’s clipboard.
2. In your word processing program, put your cursor where you want the copy of your computer screen to appear.
3. Press Ctrl+V to paste the contents of the clipboard.

If you only want paste a single dialog box *such as an error you are receiving) or only the window of a single program, hold the Alt key as you press PrintScreen.
You can also paste the image of the screen in a graphics editing program (such as Paint or Photoshop) and edit the image.