Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Capture the Computer Screen

Ever wondered how to take a picture of your computer screen? Windows and OS X ( Mac ) both have built in features for this. The following video covers the basics of taking a screen shot.




Windows 7:

Windows 7 has a built in tool called "Snipping Tool" that allows you to select a part of screen to capture and save. You can find this tool by going Start on windows and searching "snipping tool."

Other Windows:

On most Windows keyboards, there is a button with the text "Print Screen" or "PrtScn" or something along those lines. If you press these buttons, then open up an application such as Paint. You are able to paste the screen that was up when you pressed the Print Screen button. You can paste the image into an application by either finding the paste button or by holding "Ctrl" then pressing "V" ( Ctrl + V ).



Macs:

If you wish the the entire screen on a Mac. Hold Command and shift and then press 3 ( Command + Shift + 3 ). This will capture the entire screen and place it on your desktop


If you want to take a picture of only part the screen then you can just hold Command and Shift and then press 4 ( Command + Shift + 4 )

If you guys wish to see more tutorials on anything computer related, please post a comment below so i can make my next tutorial for you! :)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Chrome As PDF Viewer

     Are you tired of waiting for Adobe Reader to load to open your PDF files? Are you afraid of Adobe Reader's flaws and vulnerabilities? One of my favorite parts about Chrome is its built in PDF viewer!! Well you can use Chrome as your new light weight PDF viewer. You probable know Google Chrome opens really quickly so you'll be about to open PDF files faster than you would in Adobe Reader with most of the features you will ever use. I uninstaller Adobe Viewer and have been using Google Chrome's PDF viewer since it was launched and i'm extremely happy with it; so there you have a simple, lightweight PDF viewer. The video below will show you a simple way to make Chrome your default PDF viewer!! =D





Source: All About Google Chrome