The easiest way to make a copy of something is to take a snapshot of your screen.

There are tools built in to your computer that will help you to do this.

Windows - Snipping Tool

The Snipping Tool allows you to capture part or all of your PC screen, add notes, save the snip, or email it right from the Snipping Tool window. You can capture any of the following types of snips:

  • Free-form Snip. Draw a free-form shape around an object.
  • Rectangular Snip. Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
  • Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.
  • Full-screen Snip. Capture the entire screen.
How to open the Snipping Tool

There are slightly different ways to open the Snipping Tool depending on your version of Windows, however, if you type Snipping Tool into the search box of the Start menu or taskbar it should appear. Click to open and you should see a small window like this:

Snipping Tool
Capture a snip

In Snipping Tool, select the arrow next to the New button, choose the kind of snip you want, and then pick the area of your screen that you want to capture.

Once captured, your snip will open in a small window.

Snip Captured
Annotate a snip

After you capture a snip, you can write or draw on or around the snip by selecting the Pen or Highter button.

Save a snip
  1. After you capture a snip, select the Save Snip button.
  2. In the Save As box, enter a file name, location, and type, and then select Save.
Share a snip

Email

  1. After you capture a snip you can email it to a recipient.
  2. Select the arrow next to the Send Snip button, and then select an option from the list to create an email.

Copy 

  1. After you capture a snip you can copy it to any other document (word, paint, email etc)
  2. Select the Copy button, open your document and paste

Print

To print your snip, you must first copy it into a separate document as per the steps above.

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Mac - how to take screenshots

You can take screenshots of your whole screen or just part of it.

Screenshots are saved automatically as .png files on your desktop.

Take a screenshot of your whole screen
  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-3.
  2. Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Take a screenshot of part of your screen
  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair pointer.
  2. Move the crosshair pointer to where you want to start the screenshot.
  3. Drag to select an area. While dragging, you can hold the Shift key, Option key, or Space bar to change the way the selection moves.
Take a screenshot of a window
  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair pointer.
  2. Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera pointer.
  3. Move the camera pointer over a window to highlight it.
  4. Click your mouse or trackpad. To cancel, press the Escape (esc) key before you click.
  5. Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Learn more
  • Screenshots are saved as .png files on the desktop in Mac OS X v10.6 and later. They're automatically named "Screen Shot date at time.png."
  • To save your screenshot to the Clipboard instead of a file on your desktop, use Command-Shift-Control-4.
  • You can open screenshots with Preview or other image-editing apps.
  • Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.