How To Print Screen On Windows Desktop

Have a snapshot to re-create words or images from all or part of your PC screen. Use Snipping Tool to make changes or notes, then save, and share.

Capture any of the following types of snips:

Free-form snip	Draw a free-form shape around an object.
Rectangular snip	Elevate the cursor around an object to class a rectangle.
Window snip	Select a window, such as a dialog box, that you want to capture.
Full-screen snip	Capture the entire screen.

When y'all capture a snip, it's automatically copied to the Snipping Tool window where you brand changes, save, and share.

Open Snipping Tool

For Windows 10	Select the Kickoff, entersnipping tool, then select Snipping Tool from the results. PrintingWindows logo key+Shift+S.
For Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1	Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, select Search, entersnipping tool in the search box, and and so select Snipping Tool from the list of results.
For Windows 7	Select Start, then entersnipping tool in the search box, and then select Snipping Tool from the listing of results.

Piece of work with your screenshots

With your Snipping Tool open, select 1 of the following to create and work with your screenshots.

In Snipping Tool, selectMode. In before versions of Windows, select the arrow next to the New button. Adjacent, when you choose the kind of snip yous want, you'll see the whole screen modify slightly to gray. So, choosing from anything currently displayed on the screen, select the area of your screen that yous want to capture.

Snipping Tool mode options

Afterwards you open Snipping Tool, open the carte du jour that yous want to capture. For Windows 7, press theEsckey before opening the menu.
PressCtrl + PrtScn keys. The entire screen changes to gray including the open carte du jour.
SelectFashion, or in earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow adjacent to theNewbutton. Select the kind of snip yous want, and then select the area of the screen capture that you want to capture.

After you lot capture a snip, you can write or draw on or around it by selecting thePenorHighlighterbuttons. SelectEraser to remove the lines y'all've drawn.

After you capture a snip, select theSalve Snipbutton.
In the Salvage As box, type a file name, location, and type, and then selectSave.

When you capture a snip from a browser window and save it as an HTML file, the URL appears below the snip. To prevent the URL from appearing:

In the Snipping Tool, select theOptionsbutton.
In theSnipping Tools Options box, clear theInclude URL beneath snips (HTML only) check box, so selectOK.

After yous capture a snip, select the arrow next to the Send Snip button, and so select an option from the list.

Printing these keys	To practice this
Alt + Thousand	Choose a snipping style.
Alt + N	Create a new snip in the same mode as the last one.
Shift + arrow keys	Motility the cursor to select from different types of snips.
Alt + D	Delay capture by ane-5 seconds
Ctrl + C	Re-create the snip to clipboard
Ctrl +	Save the snip

With your capture open in Snipping Tool, selectEdit >Edit with Pigment 3D to use features for sizing, color, text, and many other enhancements.

In the folder where you lot've saved your snip, right click on the snip. SelectPrint from the options and make choices for how yous want to print your epitome.

In the search box on the taskbar, blazonsnipping tool. You'll see the Snipping Tool app and a list of actions you can have. SelectPin to taskbar.

First, place the menu or other components you want to capture. In Snipping Tool, select Delay so select, for example, 5 seconds. Select Style to kickoff the 5-2d countdown. Inside 5 seconds, open a menu or otherwise etch your image. At 5 seconds, when you see the screen turn grey, use the mouse to draw around the expanse you desire.