OK – so where does Windows store these screenshots? Convenient, right?Īnd using Microsoft's new Snip & Sketch tool, you can even draw on your screenshots to further mark them up. Then, whenever you've selected everything you want to screenshot, just release these keys. The portion of the screen that you've selected will be brighter than the rest of the screen.
You can then left-click your mouse and drag your cursor – which will now be shaped like a little crosshair. When you hold down Windows + Shift + S at the same time, your entire screen will darken. It was the best way I could think of to take a photo of the screenshotting process itself ? And yes, I had to use my phone to take this picture. If you press and hold those buttons, here is what you'll see: Note the little cross hair, and the fact that everything outside of my selected area is darkened. Here are the 3 keys you press to initiate this mode: Windows + Shift + S Microsoft is in the process of moving the Snipping Tool from a point and click tool over to a hotkey.īut Windows is trying to get users to get into the habit of using their new hotkey.īy pressing three keys at the same time, you can put Windows into a special Screenshot Mode where you can select whatever parts of the screen you'd like to snap. You can open it from the search bar by pressing the Windows key and then typing "snipping tool". The Snipping Tool is quite powerful, considering that it's a free built-in screenshot tool. Method #2: How to Use Windows Snipping Tool (AKA Snip & Sketch) to take a partial screenshot of your PC's screen.
And it will give you a ton of flexibility. And for privacy reasons, you may not want to do this.Īlso, some laptops don't even have a Print Screen Key on their keyboard.įortunately, Windows also has a more powerful built-in screen-shot tool called Snip & Sketch. Here are some screenshots I took while making this tutorial, along with some screenshots I accidentally took while playing Hollow Knight.īut using the Print Screen Key is a bit of a blunt instrument. Your screenshots will be here in OneDrive > Pictures > Screenshots. You can then open up any screenshots you've taken with the Print Screen Key by navigating to the Screenshots Folder inside the Pictures folder inside your OneDrive, using Windows File Explorer.Īgain, these are stored in OneDrive > Pictures > Screenshots. If you press the Print Screen Key, Windows will take a screenshot and, by default, save this to your Microsoft OneDrive account. Method #1: Pressing the Print Screen Key on your keyboard will take a screenshot of your entire PC screen. The first method is incredibly simple, and accessible at any time – right from the keyboard. These are fast, convenient, and easy to remember. Windows 10 has 2 built-in ways to take screenshots.
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