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You may know how to take photos, but how about in HD? HD photos are photos of a computer screen. This article will show you how to take photos in HD in different kinds of operating system. Click any photos to enlarge it.

Method 1
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Windows 7

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  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Find what screen you want to take a picture of.
  2. Step 2 Press the "Print Screen" button in your keyboard.
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  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Open Paint.
  4. Step 4 Click the "Paste" in the top left corner.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Now, your screen you print/copy is there.
  6. How.com.vn English: Step 6 Save your picture.
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Mac

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  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Press Command (⌘)-shift-4 altogether
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Release those keys and press the spacebar
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Click on the window you want to take a picture of.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Now, the picture is saved.
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Method 3
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Windows

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  1. Step 1 Press the "Print Screen" button in your keyboard
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Go to Paint
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Press Ctrl and V together
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Release
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 The picture will now be open in the Paint window.
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iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)

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  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Press the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button together.
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 The picture will be in your Camera Roll.
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    I have Windows 10 and don't see a "Paint" key on my keyboard at the top left or anywhere. What can I do?
    How.com.vn English: Jay Mehta
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    There will be a 'Print' key, 'Print Screen' key or 'prt sc' key. Press it with the 'Win' key to take a screen shot, i.e., 'Win' + 'prt sc'.
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      • Windows and windows 7 both use the print screen button, but the different is how you paste the picture to the paint.
      • In Mac, the picture you take will be PNG file format at the on your desktop. It will be called "Screen Shot YYYY-MM-DD at HH.MM.SS"
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