A screen shot, also called a screen shot, can be used as an illustration in a tutorial on how to use a particular software product. The method used to obtain this snapshot depends on the operating system used.
Instructions
Step 1
DOS laptops are mainly used to control industrial, medical and other equipment in real time. The screen of such a machine can be photographed with a digital camera. To ensure that it provides good focus despite the short distance from the lens to the screen, turn it on to macro mode. To do this, find the icon with a flower on its back panel and press move the joystick towards it. The successful activation of this mode is indicated by the appearance of the same icon on the screen of the device. Turn off the flash by moving the joystick in the direction of the lightning bolt icon until the same icon is crossed out on the screen. This method is universal: it can be used for screen capture in other operating systems, even if they do not support software screenshot capture. Its disadvantage is poor image quality.
Step 2
Also in DOS you can take screenshots using a printer connected to the LPT port. USB printers are not supported. The program must work in text mode. Insert a sheet into the printer, press the Print Screen key, and a copy of the screen will be printed on the sheet. Then scan the print.
Step 3
If your laptop has a webcam above the screen, place a mirror in front of it to take a picture of it. To improve focus, you can place a small magnifier in front of the camera. But this method is irrational, because if the OS supports a webcam, it means that it also has tools for taking screenshots programmatically.
Step 4
On Linux, use the KSnapshot and MtPaint Screenshot software to take screenshots. The first of them saves the picture to a file, and the second automatically launches the graphical editor MtPaint (if any) and opens the photo result in it. Both programs allow you to take a snapshot with a delay, as well as capture not the entire screen, but its area.
Step 5
On Windows, press Print Screen to take a snapshot, and the result will appear on the clipboard. Now it can be inserted into any graphics editor by pressing Ctrl + V. Use this function with caution, as the previous buffer contents after taking a photo may be irretrievably lost. In Windows 7, you can also use the Scissors tool.
Step 6
Process the finished screenshot in any graphic editor: delete confidential information, cut out the desired section, add educational comments, etc.
