How many ways you can create an image of the desktop? Write the steps for each process.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To create an image of the desktop we can follow two ways:

i.Keyboard Print Screen Facility

ii.Snipping Tool.

KeyboardPrint Screen Facility

Pressing the Print Screen key on the keyboard takes a picture of the screen and copies it to a special area of memory called the Windows Clipboard. To create an image of the desktop-

1.Press the Print Screen key while we want to copy the desktop.

2.Open the Paint program from the Accessories sub-menu after clicking the StartAll Programs. button and the

3.Press Ctrl + V to get the image of desktop and save it.

SnippingTool

This tool is new in Windows Vista by which we can copy a specific portion of the whole desktop, like a window or dialog box. Following steps should be applied for this tool-

1.Open the Snipping Tool program from the Accessories submenu after clicking the StartAll Programs. button and the

2.Click the drop-down arrow beside New tool in the Snipping Tool window. There are a variety of options to copy the desktop in various ways.

3.Select one of the options from the drop-down menu and click on the desktop. It will capture the window.

4.Now we can copy and save the image from here.