Everyone knows that writing manualsis tedious, and even confusing when there aren’t any diagrams or photos. A visual aid along with the directions makes it easier to understand. 

One good way to copy diagrams can be to photograph the computer screen and download it. Cameras these days are great for taking tech shots because they’re so amazingly clear. 

Get close to the screen or adjust the camera to make the computer screen fill the entire picture frame. Click! 

Then, it’s as easy as putting a photo on the laptop. However, there is another way to get that screen picture that’s even easier. It’s called getting a screen shot, and the computer already knows how to do it. 

Using Those Funny Keys at the Top of the Keyboard 

On the keyboard’s top row there are function keys; a user may or may not know what these are for. They usually have two symbols, or two function labels on each key. One of them on the top-right says “Print Scr” or “prt sc” on it and the way to operate it is to hold down the Control button (crtl) or the function button (fn) and press the prt scr button at the same time. 

It doesn’t show it, but a copy of the computer screen was just made. Now, open Paint, click on the white space, then right click on it and choose Paste. A picture of the previous screen should appear. Save it as a .jpg or .jpeg. 

So, tech-writing newbies, now there’s a way to get informational pictures of the computer screen on the document, web site or email being made.