Saving a Screenshot of the map

Having a map in an image format allows the user to include the map to be included in documents, shared via email, or posted to a web site.

To Screenshot the map

1. Zoom or pan the map to the area you wish to screenshot.


NOTE: If you are using Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer, there are a number of screenshot Add-ons available such as FireShot that make creating screenshots easier and quicker.


2. Press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard to capture an image.
3. Once you press "Print Screen" an image of the screen is captured, kind of like a Polaroid picture, and then held in the clipboard. Keep in mind the clipboard can hold only one item at a time, so unless something is done with the image, it will be overwritten the next time the "Print Screen" key or the cut and copy Edit menu options are used.
   • To Create a Image of the Map: To view the screen image and save it as an image, it needs to be pasted into a image document. The best way to do this is to use Windows Paint or another graphics program such as IrfanView (free) or Adobe Photoshop (license required). When Paint is opened (under Start, Programs, Accessories), it starts with a blank document. Just select Paste from the Edit menu, and then the screen image will be moved from the clipboard to the open document. Since the screenshot captures your entire screen, you will need to "crop" the image to only include the map and not all the rest of the browser menus and application. To do this, find the part you want to save. You may have to scroll around to get it, especially if your screen resolution is high. Next, click on the Select tool on the toolbar (looks like a dotted-line box). Then, click and hold on a corner of your desired area and drag the box out and across to the opposite corner selecting only what you want to keep. If the selection box wasn't set just right, click once to take away the box, and move and click to start over. When you've got what you want selected, copy it using Copy from the "Edit" menu. Next, go to "File" and open a new document and use "Edit, Paste" and your cropped image should show up in your new Paint document. Finally save this image making sure to select JPG or PNG as your output file type. Please note, we ask that the "Boone County Assessor's Office" text in the lower left of the map remain on any screenshots.
   • To Include Map in a Document: To insert the screen image into a Word Document or simular report, it needs to be pasted into the document. Once the image is in the document, use the Picture Tools's Crop Tool to crop the image to only show the map and not all the rest of the browser menus and application.