How To Screenshot on PC (Windows 10) - Quick Guide

To take a quick screenshot of the active window, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + PrtScn. This will snap your currently active window and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. You'll need to open the shot in an image editor to save it.

1. How do I take a screenshot guide?
2. How do I shortcut a screenshot on my PC?
3. How do you take a screenshot quickly?
4. How do you take a screenshot on Windows?
5. How do you screenshot on Windows 11?
6. What is the best screenshot app?
7. How do I take a screenshot without printscreen button?
8. What is the shortcut for screenshot on Windows 10?
9. What is PrtScn button?
10. Can you take a screenshot on a PC?
11. How do I take a screenshot on my HP laptop?
12. How do you take a screenshot on Windows 7 and save it automatically?

How do I take a screenshot guide?

Use Command+Shift+3 to capture the entire screen. If you only want part of the screen captured, Command+Shift+4 will turn the cursor into a crosshair. Select the section of the screen you want to capture. To capture a specific window, use Command+Shift+5 (yes, the same shortcut to trigger the screenshot tool).

How do I shortcut a screenshot on my PC?

Screenshots on an Android phone

There are two ways to take a screenshot of your Android screen (assuming you have Android 9 or 10): Press and hold your power button. You'll get a pop-out window on the right side of your screen with icons that let you power off, restart, call an emergency number, or take a screenshot.

How do you take a screenshot quickly?

When you want to take a screenshot, just hold Volume down and the Power button (or Side key) simultaneously. The screen will flash, indicating that a screenshot was captured.

How do you take a screenshot on Windows?

Press Ctrl + PrtScn keys. The entire screen changes to gray including the open menu. Select Mode, or in earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow next to the New button. Select the kind of snip you want, and then select the area of the screen capture that you want to capture.

How do you screenshot on Windows 11?

To take a screenshot on a PC, press the Print Screen button or Fn + Print Screen. Windows creates a screenshot of the whole screen and saves it to the clipboard. Press Win + Print Screen or Fn + Windows + Print Screen on your keyboard.

What is the best screenshot app?

And here's a list of the best apps for taking screenshots in order of performance:

• Lightshot.
• Marker.
• Tinygrab.
• Camtasia.
• Greenshot.
• Screenie.
• CleanShot.
• Skitch.

How do I take a screenshot without printscreen button?

Press the "Windows" key to display the Start screen, type "on-screen keyboard" and then click "On-Screen Keyboard" in the results list to launch the utility. Press the "PrtScn" button to capture the screen and store the image in the clipboard. Paste the image into an image editor by pressing "Ctrl-V" and then save it.

What is the shortcut for screenshot on Windows 10?

Depending on your hardware, you may use the Windows Logo Key + PrtScn button as a shortcut for print screen. If your device does not have the PrtScn button, you may use Fn + Windows logo key + Space Bar to take a screenshot, which can then be printed.

What is PrtScn button?

Sometimes abbreviated as Prscr, PRTSC, PrtScrn, Prt Scrn, PrntScrn, or Ps/SR, the Print Screen key is a keyboard key found on most computer keyboards. When pressed, the key either sends the current screen image to the computer clipboard or the printer depending on the operating system or running program.

Can you take a screenshot on a PC?

Hit the PrtScn button/ or Print Scrn button, to take a screenshot of the entire screen: When using Windows, pressing the Print Screen button (located in the top right of the keyboard) will take a screenshot of your entire screen. Hitting this button essentially copies an image of the screen to the clipboard.

How do I take a screenshot on my HP laptop?

How to take a screenshot on an HP laptop

1. Press the Windows key and Print Screen at the same time to capture the entire screen. ...
2. Open an image editing program (Microsoft Paint, GIMP, Photoshop, and PaintShop Pro will all work).
3. Open a new image and press CTRL + V to paste the screenshot.

How do you take a screenshot on Windows 7 and save it automatically?

On your keyboard, press the fn + PrintScreen key (abbreviated as PrtSc ) key to copy your current screen. This will automatically save the screenshot in the OneDrive pictures folder.