Adding a screenshot to a Word document (Word Course 2010)

Adding a screenshot to a Word 2010 document is easier than I thought and gives my work a professional edge.  Here’s how to do it.

  • Go to the screen you want take the screenshot from.
  • Press the Print Screen button on they keyboard. (Word 2010 will save this into the gallery…)

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    Screenshot button in the Insert tab
  • Go back to the Word document and put your cursor where you want the screenshot to go.
  • Then click on the Insert, and then Illustrations and select the Screenshot button.
  • Word 2010 will then show a gallery of screenshots, and you can click on the one you want.
  • Ta da!
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Screenshot added to a Word 2010 document. Ta da!