

After you capture a snip you can simply copy the snip to the clipboard (Edit → Copy) or save the snip (File → Save As or the click the disc icon). Click the arrow next to the New button, select Free-form Snip, Rectangular Snip, Window Snip, or Full-screen Snip from the list, and then select the area of your screen that you want to capture. Open the Snipping Tool by clicking the Start button and in the search box, type Snipping Tool, and then click Snipping Tool. In Windows you can Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image.

your ENVI/ArcMap workspace window) press Alt+PrtScn. If you only want to capture/copy the active window (i.e. This is called a screen capture or screen shot. When you press it, an image of your screen is copied to the Clipboard. In Windows, one easy wat to take a screenshot is the PrtScn key. There are a couple of different methods of taking and editing screenshots. Screenshot are any extremely useful tool when you are asking for help, particularly when communicating through email. If you would rather capture an area of your Microsoft Word Document instead of an Active Window, click the Screen Clipping command in the place of a thumbnail. Screenshots are also an easy to show someone what you're seeing on your computer screen instead of trying explaining it. Screenshots are an easy way to include images and figures into reports.

We will frequently be taking screenshots in this course.
