How to Use Screen Grab (Firefox)

While both Mac and Windows computers have built-in functions that allow you to take a screenshot of your desktop, Firefox has a plug-in that does one better: it can take a screenshot of an entire Web page. Instead of taking multiple screenshots and piecing them together to show one page, download and install the Screengrab plug-in and learn how to screen grab with Firefox.

Instructions

1. Download the Screengrab plug-in to your Mozilla Firefox browser. Click "Download" to begin downloading the file. When the prompt pops up to save the file, choose "Save As." When the download is complete, open the plug-in. Check your desktop, and you should see the plug-in icon. To install to Firefox, double-click the plug-in icon and a window will pop up asking you if you want to install the plug-in. Click "Install," and when a new prompt asks you to restart to complete installation, click "Restart." Screengrab is now installed.

2. Navigate to the website that you want to take a screenshot of. Once it has completely loaded, right-click anywhere on the page. A menu will pop up, and at the very bottom, you should see "ScreenGrab" as the last option. You have a few different ways to take a screenshot with ScreenGrab.

   To grab a screenshot of the entire Web page, choose "ScreenGrab," "Save," "Complete Page/Frame" and "Save Menu."

   To take a traditional screenshot, right-click on the Web page, and choose "ScreenGrab," "Save" and "Visible Portion." This will capture a screenshot of just what is seen on the screen.

   To screenshot just a section of a Web page, right-click and choose "ScreenGrab," "Save" and "Selection," and the entire page will turn a light purple shade. Holding down your left mouse button, drag your cursor over the area that you want to capture, and you will see a box appear as you go. When you have capped the area you need, let go of the mouse button and the "Save Menu" will pop up; name and save your screenshot.

3. Do all three of the above screenshot methods, but instead of saving directly to your desktop, choose to have the screenshot saved to your clipboard. This is a good option for those who would rather paste the screenshot into a paint program and make some changes to it before saving. To use copy instead of save, follow the same exact instructions, except choose "Copy" instead of "Save" after choosing "ScreenGrab."

Resources

• Mozilla Firefox
• Screengrab: Add-ons for Firefox