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From here, you can click the screenshot button in the Game bar or use the default keyboard shortcut Windows key + Alt + PrtScn to snap a full-screen screenshot. Hit the Windows key + G key to call up the Game bar. You can use the Game bar to snap a screenshot, whether you’re in the middle of playing a game or not. You’ll need to open the shot in an image editor to save it. This will snap your currently active window and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. To take a quick screenshot of the active window, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + PrtScn. Your screen will briefly go dim to indicate that you’ve just taken a screenshot, and the screenshot will be saved to the Pictures > Screenshots folder. To capture your entire screen and automatically save the screenshot, tap the Windows key + Print Screen key. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Windows key + Print Screen You can also set the PrtScn button to open the Snip & Sketch tool by going to Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard and toggling on Use the PrtScn button to open screen snipping under Print Screen Shortcut. You’ll need to open an image editing tool (such as Microsoft Paint), paste the screenshot in the editor and save the file from there. Your screenshot will not be saved as a file, but it will be copied to the clipboard. To capture your entire screen, tap the Print Screen (sometimes labeled PrtScn) key.
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Print Screen The Snipping Tool does not automatically save your screenshots - you will need to manually save them in the tool before you exit - and it does automatically copy your captures to the clipboard. The default snip type is a rectangular snip, but you can also take free-form, full-screen and window snips. The Snipping Tool has been delisted from the list of apps from the Start menu, but it’s easily accessible via the search bar.Ĭlick the New button to begin the screenshot process. Windows has warned for a couple years that the Snipping Tool is moving away, but it’s still kicking around. The Snipping Tool has been around since Windows Vista. Click the down-arrow button next to the New button to delay a snip for 3 or 10 seconds. It’s an extra step to proceed this way, but it also lets you delay a screenshot. From here, you need to click the New button in the upper-left to initiate a screen capture and open the small panel. If you open Snip & Sketch from the Start menu or by searching for it, it will open the Snip & Sketch window instead of the small panel at the top of the screen. (If you miss the notification, open the notification panel and you’ll see it sitting there. Click the notification to open the screenshot in the Snip & Sketch app to annotate, save or share it. Once you take your screenshot, it will be saved to your clipboard and show up momentarily as a notification in the lower-right corner of your screen. So long, Snipping Tool.Įither the keyboard shortcut or the notification button will dim your screen and open a tiny menu at the top of your screen that lets you choose which type of screenshot you want to take - rectangular, free-form, window or full-screen. (If you’re regular screenshot taker, I recommend pinning the app to the taskbar.) The built-in Snip & Sketch app has finally won me over and is now my go-to method for taking screenshots in Windows 10. Or you can just search for it if you don’t commit the keyboard shortcut to memory. You can also find the Snip & Sketch tool listed in in the alphabetical list of apps accessed from the Start button as well as in the notification panel where it listed as Screen snip.
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The easiest way to call up Snip & Sketch is with the keyboard shortcut Windows key + Shift + S.
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And it can now capture a screenshot of a window on your desktop, a surprising omission when the app was first introduced that kept me on Team Snipping Tool until recently. To open the Snipping Tool, select Start, enter snipping tool, then select it from the results.The Snip & Sketch tool is easier to access, share and annotate screenshots than the old Snipping Tool. To use the Snipping Tool with only a mouse: A notification also appears once you're finished taking a screenshot, select it for more editing options. The screenshot is automatically copied to your clipboard. You can change the shape of your snip by choosing one of the following options in the toolbar: Rectangular mode, Window mode, Full-screen mode, and Free-form mode. The desktop will darken while you select an area for your screenshot. To use the Snipping Tool when you have a mouse and a keyboard: