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Taking screenshots
1. On the control panel, click the screenshot button 
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2. Your cursor will turn into a crosshair. Select the part of the screen that you want to capture:
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To capture a window or a window frame, hold your mouse pointer over the window and click after a frame appears around it.
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To capture a part of the screen, hold the left mouse button and drag diagonally to draw a rectangle.
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To capture the entire screen, press Space or click on any empty area of your desktop.
3. A frame will appear over the selected area. You can now edit your screenshot:
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Select a tool you want to add to your screenshot: Line
, Arrow 
, Frame 
or Highlighter 
. Hold the left mouse button and drag to draw a shape. -
Change the color
and width 
of your shape. -
Drag by the green arrow circle
or the white circles on the edges to resize the element; rotate by dragging the green circle left or right: 
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If you need to move the capture area, click the Drag-area mode
button.
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To add text, select the Text
tool, click inside the screenshot frame and start typing in the box that appears. Select a font, change its size and color as well as the color of text background and outline.
4. Choose what you want to do with your screenshot:
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Click the Copy
button to copy the image to clipboard without saving the screenshot to a file. -
Click the Save
button to save the image file and open its containing folder. -
Click the Share
button to share the image to WhatsApp, Telegram, and Google Drive, get a link to the image or send it in an email.
Where are the screenshots stored?
By default, the screenshots are stored in the "/Videos/Movavi Academic/" folder of your user. You can change where the files are saved in the Files section of the Preferences.
