Print iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3 screen
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OK, iPad / iPad 2 and even new 3rd-gen iPad 3 does not have the built-in Print-Screen-button (abbreviated as Prt Scr) you can find on all Windows keyboards. The sole function of this button is to take a snapshot or picture of your computer screen. Afterward you can use it in a presentation, create your own album of screenshots showing how to perform a specific task, etc. The possibilities are abysmal. Are you, as an iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3 owner, limited to take similar shots? Not at all. Don't panic, change can come quickly and easily:

  1. Stay on the screen that you wan to to do screen capture
  2. Holding down the Home-button click the Sleep/Wake button , then release Home button first (You will hear a sound and see your screen flash). Please note that very important to release first Home button, then the Power button. If opposite you will send into sleep your ipad without shot of its screen.
  3. Go into your photos and see the shot of your iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3 screen

You can then use as a wall paper, email, sync or share (whatever you want) the screen shot like any other picture.

The above procedure involves the interaction with the physical Home button of iPad / ipad 2 and new ipad aka iPad 3. As any mechanical things it may eventually wear out from the frequent use. But relax. Our geeks shared an advice on how to make shots of ipad's screen and not touching this button at all. All you need is to activate virtual Home button on your iPad / iPad 2 /iPad 3. To do this:

  1. Tap Settings
  2. In Settings Submenu tap General
  3. Scroll down the General submenu to find Accessibility.
  4. Tap Accessibility.
  5. In the Accessibility submenu tap AssistiveTouch
  6. Set Assistive Touch into ON state (After turning ON, a transparent icon of round button will appear at the bottom right of the screen. You can dock it onto other places, just play with it)
  7. Return to Home screen by using five-finger gesture.

From now on if you wanna take a shot of ipad / iPad 2 /iPad 3 with the use of the virtual Home button do the following:

  1. Tap that transparent icon of the round button and watch as it will unfold into darker square with four icons on it. The icon at the bottom of that square denoted as Home is virtual Home button.
  2. Follow the above procedure and use this virtual Home button exactly as physical one to print the screen of you iPad /ipad 2 / iPad 3. (the only drawback of this method is that your shot of ipad screen will contain that darker square with four icons on it.)

Note, that all above procedures are applicable also to iPhone and iPod Touch

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