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      id="screen-shot-record">
      
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="tips"/>

    <revision version="gnome:44" status="final" date="2023-12-30"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <years>2011</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>David King</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <years>2015</years>
    </credit>

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    <desc>Take a picture or record a video of what is happening on your
    screen.</desc>
  </info>

<title>Screenshots and screencasts</title>

  <list>
    <item><p>Capture all or part of your screen as an image</p></item>
    <item><p>Send it as a file or paste it from the clipboard</p></item>
    <item><p>Save a video of your screen activity</p></item>
  </list>

  <media type="image" src="figures/screenshot-tool.png" width="500"/>

  <p>You can take a picture of your screen (a <em>screenshot</em>) or record a
  video of what is happening on the screen (a <em>screencast</em>). This is
  useful if you want to show someone how to do something on the computer, for
  example. Screenshots and screencasts are just normal picture and video files,
  so you can email them and share them on the web.</p>

<section id="screenshot">
  <title>Take a screenshot</title>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Press the <key>Print</key> key or press the screenshot button in the
      <gui xref="shell-introduction#systemmenu">system menu</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>The screenshot overlay presents you with handles to select the area to
      capture, and
      <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/camera-photo-symbolic.svg"/>
      indicates screenshot (still image) mode.</p>
       <note>
         <p>Click the pointer button to include the pointer in the screenshot.</p>
       </note>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click and drag the area you want for the screenshot using the handles
      or the crosshair pointer.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
       <p>To capture the selected area, click the big round button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
       <p>To capture the entire screen, click <gui>Screen</gui> and then click
       the big round button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
       <p>To capture a window, click <gui>Window</gui>. An overview of all the
       open windows is displayed with the active window checked. Click to choose
       a window and then click the big round button.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  </section>
  
  <section id="locations">
  <title>Where do they go?</title>

  <list>
    <item>
      <p>A screenshot image is automatically saved in the
      <file>Pictures/Screenshots</file> folder in your home folder with a file
      name that begins with <file>Screenshot</file> and includes the date and
      time it was taken.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>The image is also saved in the clipboard, so you can immediately
      paste it into an image-editing application or share it on social media.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>A screencast video is automatically saved in your
      <file>Videos/Screencasts</file> folder in your home folder, with a file
      name that starts with <file>Screencast</file> and includes the date and
      time it was taken.</p>
    </item>
  </list>
    
  </section>

<section id="screencast">
  <title>Make a screencast</title>

  <p>You can make a video recording of what is happening on your screen:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Press the <key>Print</key> key or press the screenshot button in the
      <gui xref="shell-introduction#systemmenu">system menu</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click
      <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/camera-video-symbolic.svg"/>
      to switch to screencast mode.</p>
       <note>
         <p>Click the pointer button to include the pointer in the screencast.</p>
       </note>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose <gui>Selection</gui> or <gui>Screen</gui>. For
      <gui>Selection</gui>, click and drag the area you want for the screencast
      using the handles or the crosshair pointer.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click the big round red button to start recording what is on your
      screen.</p>
      <p>A red indicator is displayed in the top right corner of the screen
      when the recording is in progress, showing the elapsed seconds.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Once you have finished, click the red indicator
      <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/topbar-media-record.svg"/>
      in the top bar.</p>
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<!--      <p>Once you have finished, click the red indicator or press
      <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>R</key></keyseq>
      to stop the recording.</p> -->
    </item>
  </steps>

</section>
  
  <section id="keyboard-shortcuts">
    <title>Keyboard shortcuts</title>

    <p>Within the screenshot feature, you can use these keyboard shortcuts:</p>

<table rules="rows" frame="top bottom">

  <tr>
    <td><p><key>S</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Select area</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><key>C</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Capture screen</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><key>W</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Capture window</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><key>P</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Toggle between show and hide pointer</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><key>V</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Toggle between screenshot and screencast</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><key>Enter</key></p></td>
    <td><p>Capture, also activated by <key>Space</key> or
    <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq></p></td>
  </tr>
</table>

    <p>These shortcuts can be used to bypass the screenshot feature:</p>

<table rules="rows" frame="top bottom">
  <tr>
    <td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Print</key></keyseq></p></td>
    <td><p>Capture the window that currently has focus</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Print</key></keyseq></p></td>
    <td><p>Capture the entire screen</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>R</key></keyseq></p></td>
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<!--    <td><p>Start and stop recording a screencast</p></td> -->
    <td><p>Start recording a screencast</p></td>
  </tr>
</table>

  </section>

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