How Do I Take a Screen Shot and Save It as a Image/photo file like .gif or .jpg?

Before I give you this information remember that materials found on the web are automatically copyright protected. Chattanooga State and other academic environments endorse giving credit and citing any image or material you use in a school project that has its origin on the web.


It is acceptable for you to use a small portion of copyright protected materials in student project within an academic setting. You may not post or upload them to the Internet legally.

  1. The first step is to open the image or photo to its full size from the webpage.
  2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Print Screen. You won't see anything happen but you will have a screen shot. Next, go to START > PROGRAMS > ACCESORIES and open the application, PAINT.

  3. Click on Edit > Paste and your image will appear. In Paint you can resize the picture or crop the image. Look to the Help feature in Paint to learn these steps.

  4. Last step, Click File > Save As.

  5. In the new window choose where you want the item to be saved (default saves it to My Pictures) Name your file and (using the down arrow at the right of the Save as type text box) select .gif or .jpg. Both these file types can be uploaded to a online student project or inserted into Office type documents. They can also be used with Mac iLife applications.

  6. Click Save.
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