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Microsoft Word 2010 - Inserting Screenshots

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Use Word’s new screenshot and screen clipping tool to capture an image from any screen and insert it into your document.

How to: Screenshot

1. In the Word document, place the mouse cursor where you would like the screenshot.
2. Next, go the screen that you want to capture and then press the keyboard's [Prt Src] button.
3. On the Insert tab click the command Screenshot in the group Illustrations to insert the screenshot.

How to: Screen clipping

1. Repeat step one from the prior example.
2. Minimize all Windows except Word and the screen that contains the desired image.
3. On the Insert tab click the commands Screenshot | Screen Clipping. Word's window minimizes and the existing screen displays in a faded white with crosshairs.
4. Use the mouse to draw a screen clipping, release the mouse to cut and paste the image into Word.