Print Screen function provides basic screen capture functionality that enables you to capture the entire screen or an active window in a few steps. The captured print screen image can be manipulated using any image editor.

Steps

• Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. The screen print is saved onto the Windows clipboard.
• Paste it into Wordpad or Word document.
• If you have multiple windows open and to capture the screen image of the active window, hold the [Alt] key down and press Print Screen.

• A specific region or part of an image cannot be captured as the screen print dumps the entire screen or an active window.
• Cursors cannot be captured nor can you have pointers, call-out boxes, or text areas.
• The captured screen print requires an external editor for manipulation resulting in additional work and time.

• Modifying images similar to an image editor. You can Rotate, Flip, Sharpen, or apply special effects.
• You can capture Windows Objects such as Folders, Icons, Buttons etc.
• Batch Processing capabilities.
• Capture Regions, Pull-down menus, scrolling windows with ease.
• Video recording capabilities.
• Save output as a file or to your clipboard.
• Printer Capture feature enables to capture the printer output as an image file.
• Using add-ins you can use SnagIt from Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet Explorer, and Adobe FrameMaker. More on their website.

• Capture a Region, Active, window, or the full screen.
• Timed Capture capabilities.
• Capture Cursor position.
• Capture to Clipboard or as a file. Supports Bitmap, JPEG, and GIF modes.
• Visit their website for details.

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