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How do I take a screenshot?
	press	=	Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.
Where can I find that key?
			Look for this group of keys at the upper right of your keyboard. Note: Print Screen (PrtScn) might have been abbreviated differently on your keyboard.
How do I take a screenshot of a single window?
hold	and press	=	Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.
I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?
hold	and press	=	Windows pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.
Where should I paste it? I just need a (graphics) file.
Start “Paint” Paste Save

How do I take a screenshot?
hold both	and	and press	=	Mac OS X captures the entire screen and saves it as a file named like “Picture 1.png” on your desktop.
How do I take a partial screenshot?
hold both	and	and press	=	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. Mac OS X then saves it as a file named like “Picture 1.png” on your desktop.
Files are great, but I don’t want PNG. How can I have JPG, TIFF, or even PDF instead?
start “Terminal”. enter: `defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf` try again one of the shortcuts. should work for Mac OS X 10.4 and above. does not work at once? then enter: `killall SystemUIServer`
I don’t need a file. How can I have a screenshot in the clipboard instead?
hold	together with any of the combinations above		=	Mac OS X takes a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard (instead of saving it as a file).
I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?
hold	and press		=	Mac OS X pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.
Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots? How can I find it using Spotlight?

I need even more flexibility. How can I take screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)?
try help: `screencapture --help` use delays: `sleep 10; screencapture ~/Desktop/screenshot.png`

How do I take a screenshot?
	press	=	KDE captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.
Where can I find that key?
			Look for this group of keys at the upper right of your keyboard. Note: Print Screen (PrtScn) might have been abbreviated differently on your keyboard.
How do I take a screenshot of a single window?
hold	and press	=	KDE captures the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.
I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?
hold	and press	=	KDE pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.
Where should I paste it? I just need a (graphics) file.
Click on the desktop Paste
Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots? How can I start it?
hold	and press		then type “ksnapshot”

How do I take a screenshot?
	press	=	GNOME captures the entire screen and asks you where to save it as a file.
Where can I find that key?
			Look for this group of keys at the upper right of your keyboard. Note: Print Screen (PrtScn) might have been abbreviated differently on your keyboard.
How do I make a screenshot of a single window?
hold	and press	=	GNOME captures the currently active window and asks you where to save it as a file.
I need more flexibility. How can I take screenshots using the command line?
try this: `gnome-screenshot --help`

How do I take a screen shot of a web page?

Super Screenshot captures a web page. Choose if it has to grab the full page (including the lower parts) or the top screen only.

Browsershots captures a web page with lots of browsers.

It takes some time. Reload the page after some minutes to get results. Reload after some more minutes to get more results.