Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body, a user input unit, a sensing unit configured to sense inclination of the main body relative to reference plane and to sense direction of the inclination, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first area of a page, to screen-capture the first area when an input is received at the user input unit, and to screen-capture a second area of the page consecutive to the screen-capture of the first area when the page is scrolled in a first direction determined according to the sensed direction of the inclination and while the input is being received at the user input unit, wherein the second area is different from the first area of the page.