How to Take Screenshot on Windows – Guide
I take screenshots of programs to show readers what they see on the screen. Windows has had the ability to take screenshots since the first PCs in the 1980s.
How to Take Screenshots in Windows 10 To take a screenshot in Windows 10, open the Start Menu and select “Screenshots”. From here, you can choose to take a screenshot of your current screen or any other area on your computer. You can also take a screenshot of a document or an image. To save the screenshot, select “Save As” and then click on the file name you want to save it to.
How to Take a screenshot in Windows
Cutting tool
The Snipping Tool is a tool that has been around for a while that is used to take screenshots. It can be found on the Start menu and can be easily accessed by clicking on the New button. The default cut is rectangular, but you can also create freeform, full screen and window cuts. The Snipping Tool does not automatically save your screenshots – you have to manually save them in the tool before exiting – and automatically copies your screenshots to the clipboard.
Print Screen
To capture your entire screen, press the Print Screen button. Your screenshot will be copied to the clipboard and saved as a file. You can open an image editor (like Microsoft Paint) and paste the screenshot into the editor. Then, you can save the file from there. You can also set the Print Screen key to open the Snip & Sketch tool by going to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard and enabling the Use Print Screen key to open screen snippets option in the Print Screen shortcut. ..
Windows key + print screen
To take a screenshot on your computer, hold down the Windows key and press the Print Screen button. Your screen will dim briefly to indicate that you have just taken a screenshot, and the screenshot will be saved in the Images > Screenshots folder.
Alt + Print Screen
To take a screenshot of the active window, use the Alt + PrtScn key combination. This will capture the currently active window and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. You will need to open the screenshot in an image editor to save it.
game bar
To take a screenshot in the Game Bar, press Windows key + G. From here, you can click on the screenshot button or use the standard keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Alt + PrtScn. To set a custom keyboard shortcut for the Game Bar screenshot, go to Settings > Games > Game Bar and enable Game Bar on this settings page.
Windows logo + volume down
If you are using a Microsoft Surface device, you can take a screenshot of the entire screen using the virtual (well, virtual) buttons – similar to any other phone or tablet. To do this, press and hold the Windows logo button at the bottom of the Surface screen and press the virtual volume down button on the side of the tablet. The screen briefly dims and the screenshot is automatically saved in the Images > Screenshots folder.
Final note
How to Take Screenshot on Windows If you are a Windows user, you can take screenshots by pressing the Windows key and then the left mouse button. Alternatively, you can use the shortcut CMD+SHIFT+W (or CMD+Esc+W).
