Overview
Lightshot is a software tool that can be used to take screenshots of your computer screen for documentation purpose. The software also has the ablity to use annotations such as boxes, arrows, and other tools when documenting.
Step 1: Verify that you have Lightshot installed on your computer. You can do this by going to the Windows search bar at the bottom of your screen and typing the word “Lightshot”. (If you do not have the software, please submit a ticket to I.T. through the VOA Support Portal at support.voasela.org)
Step 2: Open up the item that you wish to document (for example: a webpage, another computer program, etc.) For this example, I will use Google.com
Step 3: When you are ready to screenshot the page, press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. When you press that button, you’ll notice that screen will go grey. You can use your mouse to hold down the right mouse button and drag over the area you want to capture.
Step 4: Before you copy the image, you can use a variety of annotation tools if you want to point out something on the image. On the right hand pane, you can use text, arrows, or boxes. By default, they are red, but you can change the color if needed.
Step 5: Once done, you can press on the Save button on the bottom pane (to save the image to your computer for later use in your documentation) or if you are using Microsoft Word, use the Copy button (to the left of the Save button) to copy and paste the image directly into your Word document.