How to make a screen shot, Mac and PC

This is an example of a screen shot taken on a Mac.

If you are one of my students trying to hand in an assignment, or anyone needing a screen shot, here’s how it’s done.

Command shift 3
Full screen
Your Mac captures the entire screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2016-02-04 at 08.45.00 AM.png”.

Command shift 4
Partial screen, move the cross hairs or cross over what you want a screen shot.

Use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture – or press the spacebar and then click on something (e.g. a window) to capture it. Your Mac then saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2016-02-04 at 08.45.00 AM.png”.

PC – look here