It is so much easier to show, rather than tell. Since I help people design websites, I am constantly taking a shot of my screen (or “screenshot”) so that I can show someone an example of something that I like, want to be changed or appears broken.
Take A Screenshot On A Mac
Take a full-screen shot
hold down ⌘ command and shift and press #
This will take a photo of whatever you have up on your screen.
On the desktop, you will see the image your computer will take and it will be called something like “Screen shot 2019-08-07 at 08.51.00 AM.png”
Taking a screenshot of a specific area of the screen
If you want to select what part of the screen to take a photo of, you would:
hold down ⌘ command and shift and press $
Take A Screenshot On Windows
Take a full-screen shot
Hit PrtScn
Taking a screenshot of a specific area of the screen
Hold down Alt and press PrtScn
Take A Screenshot On An iPhone
Hold down the sleep/wake button then immediately press and release the Volume up button.
You can then go to your Photos app to find your screenshot.
How to take a screenshot on an Android Phone
Hold down the volume down button and press the power button
The screen will flash letting you know it worked. Then go to your Gallery or Photos app to see and share the photo.
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