how do you capture a screen shot ?

i notice you guys post up jpegs of your screen i have no clue how to do it.let me know.some dude charged me twice on gemm and i need to prove to him that he did it by showing him the paypal account that he charged. he refuses to give me my money back.
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shift-command-4
still need to know this.
dave
ALT + PRNT SCRN or CTRL + PRNT SCRN will capture the whole screen. one of those two combinations will.
dave
actually, to caputure the whole screen, just press "print screen". no ALT or CTRL required.