I get asked by ad folks occasionally how to get a full screen capture for marketing materials, or to show ad positions in full page context, etc. One way is to use a piece of screen capture software like SnagIt. SnagIt can take a scrolling screen shot at full size, edit it after, export to different file formats, and even take narrated video screenshots. But you don’t always need special software to get a basic screenshot of a whole Web page, especially if the page isn’t too long. Here’s a simple trick using the Firefox browser:
- Open your Firefox Web browser. Open the window all the way. Go to the page you want a screenshot of.
- Hit F11 on your keyboard. This will remove all the extra file and address bar material at the top of the page so you’re just seeing the browser window.
- Hold down the “Ctrl” key on your keyboard.
- Draw the scroll wheel on your mouse toward you to shrink the overall view of the screen in your browser window until everything you want in your screenshot is visible.
- Hit the “PrntScrn” button on your keyboard.
- Paste or move your image into the graphics program of your choice.
Tags: advertising, firefox, screen capture, tools, Web browser
