WINDOWS 10 SCREENSHOT KEYBOARD SHORTCUT HOW TO
WINDOWS 10 SCREENSHOT KEYBOARD SHORTCUT FULL
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With recent Windows 11 updates, you can set the screenshots to save immediately to a folder of your choice. And a finger button lets you draw on a touch screen. Here, you can mark up the screenshot with a pen or highlighter, crop the image, or use a ruler to draw straight lines. Or you can click the thumbnail to open the Snipping Tool interface (shown below). You can ignore it if you plan to paste the screenshot into another app because the image is already saved to the clipboard. Once you release the cursor, you see a notification in the lower right with a thumbnail image of the screenshot.

WINDOWS 10 SCREENSHOT KEYBOARD SHORTCUT FULL

For the window option, just click over the target window the full screen capture happens as soon as you click on that last button. If you change your mind after you press Windows Key-Shift-S and don’t want to take a screenshot, use the Esc key to back out.įor the first two options, draw with the cursor to select the area you want to capture. That keyboard shortcut gives you a choice to take a screenshot using a rectangular snip, freehand selection, window, or full-screen capture (that’s the order of the icons you choose from in the image above). The easiest way to get to the Snipping Tool is to press Windows Key-Shift-S.

WINDOWS 10 SCREENSHOT KEYBOARD SHORTCUT HOW TO

Windows 11 cleans up the previous confusion of how to take a screenshot in Windows by taking all the functionality from Windows 10’s terrific Snip & Sketch tool and rolling it into the new Snipping Tool. Use the Snipping Tool (Credit: Microsoft) (Note the different placement of the PrtScn key on the keyboard in the image above.) You can also paste the image anywhere right after using this method, since it's copied to the clipboard. This method causes the screen to dim briefly and places a PNG file in the Pictures > Screenshots folder by default. Use this option if you want to take screenshots and automatically save them somewhere other than OneDrive.

Here's yet another way to use the PrtScn key: Use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key-PrtScn. Use the Windows Key-PrtScn Keyboard Shortcut (Credit: PCMag) It's also handy when I don't have time to save an image file in a separate step, such as during a live presentation. I always use this method when I think I may need to use the screenshot as an image file rather than just pasting it somewhere. You can then access it from any device OneDrive (there are clients for every major platform as well as a web version). Right after you take the screenshot, a notification appears clicking it takes you right to the folder with the file highlighted. The filename uses the current date and time. Instead, an image file in PNG format is automatically created in the OneDrive/ username/Pictures/Screenshots folder.

You no longer have to open an image app or paste from the clipboard. That one simple check box changes everything about PrtScn. Choose Settings and then the Backup tab of the dialog box and check Save Screenshots I capture to OneDrive. To do it, click or right-click on OneDrive’s cloud icon on the right side of the taskbar. I include this method separately from the standard PrtScn option because the result is so different and saves you the extra steps of opening an app and pasting from the clipboard. Using the print screen key, you can also automatically create an image file of your screenshot that saves to OneDrive. Use the PrtScn Key With OneDrive (Credit: Microsoft) In Windows 11, the result can be a little strange because the rounded corners are extended to squared-off corners, since image files are always rectangular. Using this keyboard shortcut saves the current window to the clipboard, and from there you must paste it into an imaging application. If you want to capture only the active window and not the full desktop image, add the Alt key, for Alt-PrtScn.

Windows 10 screenshot keyboard shortcut