What Is It?
There are a variety of ways to take a screen shot in Windows. This article goes through the most prominent ones.
Contents
Who Can Use It?
Anyone with a Windows computer.
Method 1 (snipping tool)
Step 1:
Press the Windows key in the bottom left of the keyboard, and type "Snipping Tool" in the search bar.
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Step 2:
Click on "New", then click and drag your mouse to select the desired screen shot area.
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Step 3:
Either click the Save icon in Snipping Tool, or press CTRL + S on your keyboard to save the screen shot to your computer.
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Method 2 (pasting from clipboard)
Step 1:
Press ALT + Print Screen (sometimes written as PrtScn).
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This will take a screen shot of your entire screen and copy it to the computer's clipboard.
Step 2:
You can access the screen shot by opening a program like Microsoft Word and pressing CTRL + V to paste the image in the Word document.
Step 3:
You can save the screen shot to your computer by right clicking the image in Word and selected "Save As Picture".
Method 3 (pasting from clipboard shortcut)
Step 1:
On your keyboard, press Windows + SHIFT + S.
Step 2:
Click and drag your mouse to select the screen shot area.
Step 3:
As with Method 2, open Microsoft Word and press CTRL + V to paste the screen shot.
Step 4:
Finally, right click the image and select "Save As Picture".