Here is how you can have a screenshot on Windows:

Press “prtscn” (print screen)

The Windows will capture the entire screen and save it in an ‘invisible’ clipboard.

On your keyboard, look for the following group of buttons at the upper right side:

PrtScn, ScrLk, Pause

Note that the Print Screen might be abbreviated differently on your keyboard.

Here is how you can take a screenshot of a single window:

Hold Alt and press PrtScn

The above keys will capture the current active windows on the screen only and will copy it to the ‘invisible’ clipboard.

Here is how you can paste the screenshot saved in the clipboard into a document:

Hold Ctrl and press “V”

Windows will paste the ‘latest’ screenshot saved in your clipboard into a document.

Follow the steps mentioned below to save your screenshot in a file:

Start “Paint”

Paste (Ctrl + V)

Save the file in your desired file format.

Here is how you can take a screen shot on Mac:

Hold Command + Shift and press “3”

This combination of keys will capute the entire screen and would save it on the desktop. The filename would be: “Screen shot 2016-03-09 at 05.30.00 PM.png”

Here is how you can take a partial screenshot on Mac:

Hold Command + Shift and press “4”

Make use of your mouse to sketch a rectangle so that the device exactly knows what to capture. You can also press the spacebar and then click on something such as a window to capture it. Your Mac will save your partial screenshot on the desktop. The filename would be: “Screen shot 2016-03-09 at 05.30.00 PM.png”

Here is how you can have your screenshot in the clipboard:

Hold Control + Any combination mentioned above

This will instruct your Mac to save screenshot in the clipboard instead of making a separate file.

Here is how your screenshot in clipboard can be pasted into a document:

Hold Command and press “V”

The above combination of keys will paste the screenshot saved in the clipboard into a document

You can take a screenshot without using keyboard shortcuts using “Preview”. Here is how you can do it:

*insert screenshot*

You can save your screenshots in different file formats using “Preview” (as shown in the above question). The file formats include JPG, PDF, TIFF, and many others.

Here is how you can take a screenshot using Terminal:

try help: man screencapture

use delays: screencapture -T 10 ~/Desktop/screenshot.png

Here is how you can take a screenshot on iOS devices

Hold and press the “Sleep/Wake” button and “Home” button simultaneously.

You see a white flash on your screen which captures the entire screen. The image is then saved.

Here is how you can take a screenshot from Android devices:

Hold and press simultaneously “Volume Down” and “Power” button for a couple of seconds

You see a white flash on your screen which captures the entire screen. The image is then saved.

Here is how you can take a screenshot using another method:

Hold and press simultaneously “Home” and “Power” button for a couple of seconds

You see a white flash on your screen which captures the entire screen. The image is then saved.

Here is how you can take a screenshot on Chrome OS devices:

Hold “Ctrl” and press *button*

The above combination of keys will capture the entire screen and save it in your “Downloads” folder as a file.

Here is how you can take a partial screenshot on Chrome OS devices:

Hold “Ctrl” + “Shift” and press *button*

Make use of your mouse to draw a rectangle for selection purposes. It will capture the active/partial screen and save it in your “Downloads” folder as a file.