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Just like you can take screenshots on your phone, you can also do the same on your Windows computer. Whether you want to take a screenshot of a particular
part of your screen or you want to take a screenshot of the whole screen, there are tools and keyboard combinations you can use to do it. In this article, I will show 4 ways to take screenshots on a Windows PC. I will also show you a trick I’ve been using to take screenshots with Microsoft Word for a long time until I discovered better ways to do it. What We'll Cover
How to Take Screenshots with Windows and PrintScreen (PrtScn) KeysYou can take a screenshot of your entire screen by holding Your screen will dim slightly – indicating that you just took a screenshot. You can find the screenshots inside a screenshots subfolder in your pictures folder ( Here’s mine: The snipping tool is a Microsoft utility app for taking screenshots. It’s been available since Windows 7. To take screenshots with the snipping tool, press hold Your screen will then go dim – giving you access to a screen where you can select the type of screenshot you want to take. After taking the screenshot, a notification will pop up. Click the notification box to get access to the snipping tool UI. In the UI, you can make changes and save it to any folder you like. How to Take Screenshots with the Microsoft Ergonomic KeyboardThe Microsoft ergonomic keyboard has a key with which you can get access to the Microsoft snipping tool. With the key, you don’t need to press WIN + SHIFT + S like the previous method for taking screenshots. Press the
key, take your screenshot, edit the screenshot if you want to, then save it. How to Take Screenshots with the Game BarThe Microsoft Game Bar is another utility for recording screens and taking screenshots. To get access to the Game Bar, press Click on screenshot. You will see the screenshot under the Captures subfolder in your videos folder ( Here’s mine: How to Take Screenshots with the PrintScreen (PrtScn) Key and MS Word (The trick)Taking a screenshot with the print screen key saves the screenshot in your clipboard. What if you want to save the screenshot on your computer? To do this, press the Press Right-click the screenshot and click “Save as picture”. ConclusionI hope this article helps you out in your quest to take screenshots on a Windows PC. If you find the article helpful, you can share it with your friends and family. Thank you for reading. Learn to code for free. freeCodeCamp's open source curriculum has helped more than 40,000 people get jobs as developers. Get started |