How do I take do a screen capture of my desktop?

I have a program that is not acting correctly and need to take a screen capture of what is happening but don't know how....can anyone help?

cmd-shift-4 will give you a cross hair - drag it from top left to bottom right of the region you want. It appears on the desktop as a png image, like this:
cmd-shift-3 takes your entire desktop.

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Hello Java Experts
THE SITUATION
============
At least 4 times a year, I get email advertising where they seem to do a screen capture on the home page of my web site, scale it down to 20%, insert it into a template and send it to me.
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QUESTION
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