It looks something like this:. When you use this method, the OS copies the entire screen automatically to the clipboard. From there, you can directly paste it into an email, social media platform , or messaging app. You can even start editing it in an image editing software like Photoshop or even MS Paint. Note: One disadvantage of using this method is that it automatically captures the entire screen, including the toolbar and tab bar of your screen.
Manually cropping can lead to inconsistent screenshot sizes. One of the easiest ways to save a screenshot taken with the print screen key is to paste it into your photo editing software of choice. For example, you can use Microsoft Paint, which comes free with all relevant versions of Windows. You can also right-click and select Paste from the dropdown menu. If you use Windows 10, you can also use Paint 3D. But if you want to use a more powerful image editor, we recommend a specialized tool.
All recent versions of Windows, including 7, 8, and 10, include the Snipping Tool. You can easily open it by searching for it in the toolbar search. Press the Windows key to open the toolbar and jump to Windows search. However, note that in Windows 7, you must manually select the search field before you can type out the keyword.
It would be best if you did that manually. In Windows 10, the updated version of this app can be opened with a shortcut—more on that later. Pressing the Enter key after typing the correct phrase will open the program automatically. It has various modes, including free-form screenshots, but the basic form is a rectangular screenshot shape. But at least it gives you more flexibility than just pressing the print screen key.
You can then select the area you want to capture and save. You can now edit the screenshot with the pen, highlighter, and eraser tools. It also offers a few unique options compared to copying and pasting something into Paint, such as the Delay mode for taking delayed timed screenshots.
You can also highlight something in the screenshot and email it directly from the Snipping Tool. In the table below, we break down all the keyboard shortcuts only available after opening the Snipping Tool :. One feature we miss is the ability to take multiple screenshots with an identically sized and placed window. Also, here, you can choose from window, free-form, full-screen, or rectangle options for your snapshot.
By default, the PNG format files saved by Windows screenshotting software are unnecessarily large. You can then choose from dozens of chrome extensions for screenshotting webpages. There are so many options that it can be hard to choose. To make things simple, we recommend any of the following:. For example, you can capture a full-page screenshot instead of only the visible part with each of these. Another practical feature is that you can screenshot just the contents of any particular tab.
It also means you can take screenshots with identical dimensions across multiple different pages. This simple keyboard combination is one that we use every day. By simultaneously hitting Alt and Print Screen, instead of capturing your entire screen, Windows 10 will only capture the active window. For those with large displays or multiple monitors with loads of windows open, this is the perfect way to capture only the most important stuff on the screen.
This is another extremely handy keyboard combination you should put in your daily workflow. This is the best tool to use if you want an immediate image file created from your screenshot.
Hitting these keys simultaneously will take a screenshot of your active app and bring up a sharing panel, allowing you to easily insert and share this screenshot in other apps. The final set of shortcuts here is one for tablet users. The Snipping Tool is one of several software solutions provided in Windows. The app gives you greater control over what exactly is captured in your screenshot, by allowing you to draw rectangles or free-form shapes around anything on your screen.
It also has a delay function so you can capture the perfect moment. Save the Snip. Click the floppy disk icon to open the save dialog. Type in a name for the screenshot and change the "Save as type:" field if desired. You can now send the screenshot by email or put it on a website. PNG is the default format in Windows 7 and 8. It's a lossless compressed format, which means that it will take high-quality screenshots at a small file size.
It is the recommended format for taking screenshots. It is a lossy format, meaning that the screenshot will look slightly blocky and some colors may be a bit off.
It's mainly designed for photographs, and not recommended for screenshots. GIF is unsuitable for reproducing color photographs, but well-suited for images such as graphics or logos with solid areas of color, resulting in crystal sharp edges between color areas.
Copy the Snip. By default, the Snip is copied to the clipboard when you create it. This means you can paste it into Paint or Word, much like you would with a full-screen screenshot. In Paint, you can make more edits than you can in the Snip annotation editor.
Method 5. Open the program or screen that you want to take a picture of, making sure that any windows or items that you don't want on-screen are out of the way. Doing so will cause your screen to turn light-grey, and your mouse will turn into a crosshairs icon.
Select an area to screenshot. Click and drag your mouse from the top-left corner of the area that you want to screenshot to the bottom-right corner. For example, if you want to screenshot the entire screen, you'd click and drag your mouse from the top-left corner of the screen to the bottom-right corner of the screen. Release the mouse button.
This will both take a screenshot of your selected area and save it to your clipboard, from which point it can be pasted into any program that accepts pasted photos. Paste your screenshot. Open any program which supports pasting in photos e. You should see the section of the screen that you selected appear in your program.
Photos can also be pasted into some online services, such as emails. Method 6. Understand how this works. A program called "PSR. This program also makes a note of where you click and which actions you perform on each screen. Go to the initial page that you want to screenshot. This should be the first page in the sequence of pages that you want to screenshot.
Open the Run program. Type in run and then click Run at the top of the Start window. Enter the command to open PSR. Type psr. Click OK. It's at the bottom of the Run window. This will bring up a small, rectangular toolbar at the top of the screen. Click Start Record. This is at the top of the toolbar. Doing so turns on the Steps Recorder, which will record the next 25 screen changes.
Click through your different screens. Each time your screen changes other than simply moving your mouse , the Steps Recorder will take a screenshot. Click Stop Record. It's at the top of the toolbar. Doing so stops recording screen changes and opens the results window. Review your screenshots. Scroll down through the window to make sure that you captured all of the screenshots that you wanted to save. Save your screenshots to a ZIP folder. Click Save at the top of the window, enter a file name and select a save location, and click Save.
This will save the screenshots in one HTML file. Method 7. Open the screen you want to screenshot. Before you can take a screenshot, you must make sure that the screen which you want to screenshot is up with no distractions e.
Press and hold the Windows logo. This is the logo on the bezel of the tablet, not the Windows button on your desktop. If there is no Windows button on the tablet, then press the Power button. The screen will dim momentarily to indicate a screenshot was taken. This includes Vista, 7, 8, 10, Server , and Server If you are using either of these two versions, you will need to find another utility for taking screenshots, or use the keyboard shortcuts.
Not Helpful 38 Helpful You have to load your previous screenshot into a photo editing software e. Not Helpful 30 Helpful The screenshots came out fine, but the actual image came out distorted, for example drawers in a dresser appear "squished. Try taking a screenshot at maximum possible resolution for getting good quality shots. Also, you may check the screenshot saving app for the maximum output quality setting. You can take high resolution screenshots in virtual machines even greater resolution than your monitor screen.
Not Helpful 14 Helpful A screenshot is just a picture of what's currently on your screen. Not Helpful 50 Helpful Screenshots work very similarly in Windows 10 to previous versions of Windows.
You can still take screenshots using the Print Screen key or with the Snipping Tool.
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