Microsoft Windows users and most other operating systems

Most computer users can easily create a screen shot by pressing the print screen key on their computer keyboard. This will usually take the screen shot and place it into the computer clipboard. Once in the clipboard, a user can almost always paste that screen shot into a graphic program.

Additional tip for Microsoft Windows users

Pressing and holding the ALT key with the Print Screen key will enable you to create a screen shot only for the window currently active.
Additional short cut keys can be found here.

Games

Many games will include a screen shot option or setup that enables the players to simply press a key such as the print screen key or F11 key. This varies between games and it is recommended you refer to the game key options and/or the manual for information about this availability. If this is not available, see the next section.

Other software operating systems, programs, and/or games

If you are unable to successfully create a screen shot using any of the above recommendations it is likely that you will need the aid of a third-party software program. Below is a listing of some screen shot programs you may wish to consider.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzpro/ (MAC)
http://www.atlantsoft.com/utils/ssm.htm
http://www.fraps.com/ (Images and movies)
http://www.screen-capture.net/
http://www.screenshot-utility.com/
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp

Viewing, editing, and saving screen shots

Although many of the above programs will allow you to capture screen shots not all will allow you to save those screen shots in any format and/or edit the screen shots. Often you will need an image editor to perform these tasks. See document CH000760 for a large listing of available image editors including many of the free popular image editors.