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Tip of the day...

Screenshots

If you need to illustrate an article about software or a website, a good tip is to take screenshots.

In Microsoft Windows, a screenshot of the entire monitor, complete with taskbar, can be copied to the system clipboard by pressing the Print screen key. Alternatively, pressing Alt + Print screen will copy just the active window to the clipboard. You can then paste the clipboard into a program like MS Paint or Paint.NET using Ctrl-v, and then save it as an image file (for uploading to Wikipedia, for instance).

In Mac OS X, simply prepare your screen to how you want it to look, then hit Command-Shift-3 (not the number pad 3) simultaneously. The new image will appear as a PNG on your desktop. You can then crop it in Preview (select there area and then hit Command-K).

When uploading, be sure to use an appropriate copyright tag (such as software screenshot or web screenshot).

Help Contents Frequently Asked Questions
Getting started Introduction `\|` Glossary of Wikipedia terms	Policies and guidelines The Five Pillars `\|` Manual of Style
Browsing Wikipedia Search for an article `\|` Find articles and site functions	Communication methods Village pump `\|` Talk pages
Editing Wikipedia Cheatsheet `\|` Contributing to Wikipedia `\|` Tutorial	The Wikipedia community Adopt-a-User `\|` Deleting pages `\|` Resolving disputes
Links and references How to make links `\|` External links `\|` Citing sources	Resources and lists List of stub types `\|` Pages needing attention `\|` Templates
Images and media Uploading images `\|` Image copyright tags `\|` Other media	Account settings and maintenance Change your preferences `\|` Change your signature
Keeping track of changes Page history `\|` User contributions `\|` Vandalism	Technical information Tools `\|` The MediaWiki software
Where to ask questions Help Desk - for questions on how to use Wikipedia. New contributors' help page - Help for Beginners. Reference Desk - for general knowledge questions.
To view all of the menus on one page, see the Site Map.	See also: Department directory and Quick directory.

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