How do I take a snapshot of what is displayed on my screen?

You can take a snapshot or screen capture of all or part of your screen and send it to your chat partners. You can also add lines or shapes to your screen capture to annotate it before you send it.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Make sure whatever you want to capture is the active window.
  2. In an open chat window, click Screen capture icon.
  3. Click and drag your mouse over the part of your screen you want to capture.
  4. Optional: In the Screen Capture window, annotate the screen capture by drawing the shape that you want to add. Then, select the color and line width for it.
  5. Repeat Step 4 to draw more shapes.
  6. Do one of the following actions:
    • Click Send to paste the screen capture into the chat window and send it to your chat partner. This option is available from the screen capture tool in the chat window.
    • Click Add to paste the screen capture into the chat window without sending it to your chat partner. This option is available from the screen capture tool in the chat window.
    • Click Recapture to abandon the current screen capture and take a new one.
    • Click Copy image to copy the screen capture to your clipboard.
    • Click Save image to save the screen capture to your computer.
    • Click Print image to print the screen capture.
    At the beginning of your Sametime® Contacts, you can also click Click for a menu of Options and then click Capture Part of Your Screen to take and save or print a snapshot of your screen.