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Screenshots are used for a variety of things. To educate, share with others, and to illustrate a point. Read this article to learn the entire process for creating screenshots for wikiHow.

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  1. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 1.jpg
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    Decide how you're going to take the screenshots. You can take screenshots using software that's already on your computer, or you can download a program (some are free, some aren't). Programs are usually good in that they make it easier to point to or highlight certain parts of the screenshot. For now, though, let's start with taking screenshots without a program.
    • In Windows, hold down the Alt key and then press the Print Screen key. Open Microsoft Paint (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint). Press and hold "Ctrl" and tap V. This will put your screenshot in MS Paint. Save it.
    • On a Mac, hold down the COMMAND [Apple/Clover Leaf] and the SHIFT key and 4. If you press them all at the same time, you'll get a "crosshairs" so you can select just a section of the screen you want a screenshot for. The resulting file will be placed on your desktop.
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  2. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 2.jpg
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    Click on the "Add Image to Steps" button in Guided Editor.
    • In Advanced Editor click on Add Image button from the Advanced Editor toolbar.
  3. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 3.jpg
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    Choose the step that you want to add the screenshot to.
  4. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 4.jpg
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    Click the "Browse" button. Select the screenshot you saved earlier.
  5. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 5.jpg
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    In the license dropdown menu, choose "Screenshot".
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    Write the web address or software name in "Provide Attribution Info" and press "Insert". If you want any caption for that image, then write it in "Caption" text box.
  7. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 7.jpg
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    Click "Done" in the window that comes up.
  8. Take Screenshots for wikiHow Step 8.jpg
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    Press the "Preview" button to see how the screenshot looks in the article. By default, a small version of the screenshot will be placed to the right of the step.
    • If you want the screenshot to be bigger and show up underneath the step, like most of the screenshots in this article do, find the image code in the article:

    • Move that code to the end of the step, and write <br><br> right before it. This adds line breaks so that the image isn't too close to the text. Do not press "Enter", though - this will break the order of the steps.

    • Replace the "right|180px" in the image code with "center|550px".

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