Ten minutes later, Leo received an email. Attached was a perfect screenshot of the error message. Below it, Nana Joan had written: "It worked! The computer wasn't broken. I just forgot to plug in the mouse. Thank you, dear."
Then he remembered—she only wanted the error box, not her messy desktop wallpaper. "Better yet," he wrote, "click on the error box so it's the main thing you see. Now hold down the 'Alt' key (next to the space bar) and, while holding it, press 'PrtScn.' That only copies the active window. Then paste it the same way into an email." how to copy a screen on pc
Leo smiled. Nana Joan had just gotten a Windows laptop, and "copying the screen" was a new concept to her. He decided to write her a simple, step-by-step guide. Ten minutes later, Leo received an email
He added one final tip: "If you just press 'Windows + PrtScn' together, the screen will dim for a second, and the screenshot is automatically saved as a file. Go to 'This PC' > 'Pictures' > 'Screenshots'—you'll find it there." The computer wasn't broken
Leo needed help. His grandmother, Nana Joan, had just sent him a frantic text: "The computer is showing a strange error box. How do I send you a picture of my screen?"
Leo laughed and typed back: "That's a keeper. You just took your first screenshot."