Instruction for Screen Printing

Macintosh Screen Printing

• Method 1
  • Cntrl-Cmd-Shift-4 (OS 8.x, OS9)
    • Converts your cursor to a "cross-hair", allowing you to define a specific rectangular area of the screen to capture. This includes drop down menus (after you release the mouse button), the captured image is pasted to the Clipboard. The image can then be pasted directly into a document.
• Method 2
  • Cntrl-Cmd-Shift-4-Caps Lock (MacOS OS 8.x, OS9)
    • Converts your cursor to a "target", capturing the active window to the clipboard. This image can then be pasted directly into a document.

Windows Screen Printing

• Alt-Print Screen will capture the active window to the clipboard.

This image can then be pasted directly onto Microsoft Word and print it.