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Easily Take Screenshots of One Monitor on Windows 10. Now that you know a couple of handy ways to take screenshots of only one monitor on Windows 10, you should try them all out and choose the one. How to reinstall photoshop cc 2015. I see no flash and no screenshots. Is there something else I could try? Hold down Sleep/Wake: then immediately press and release Home = The screen flashes white. Your device captures the entire screen and saves it as a photo. Which one is the Sleep/Wake button? It's that isolated button which is either at the left (iPad), at the top (e.g. How to take screenshots on Android smartphones Android has many avenues to capture the contents of your screen. The universal way is to simultaneously hold the power button and the volume down. Tap on the Customize Top Level Menu. Then tap the Custom icon (the one with the star) and select Screenshot from the list. The screenshot button will be added to the Assistive Touch Menu. You can also tap on any of the default icons to replace it with the Screenshot button, or any other option from the list. Click on New to drag and select the desired portion of the screen. Do basic editing, save, or send the file to your email recipients. Snip Capture Tool. This is a slight enhancement of the Snipping Tool. Snip Capture Tool lets you take screenshots of a particular part of the screen, annotate and save even in the video format.

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  • Windows 10 provides several ways to take screenshots of your entire computer screen, or just select parts of it.
  • The fastest way to take a screenshot on Windows 10 is by pressing the 'PrtScn' button on your keyboard. There are various key combos to take screenshots of portions of the screen.
  • Microsoft also provides a Snipping Tool to take custom screenshots, and draw on the images.
  • You can take screenshots within games by opening the Game Bar with the Windows + G keyboard shortcut.
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If you need to capture a screenshot of something on your computer screen, Windows 10 offers a variety of methods for doing just that.

Whether you want to save the entire screen, or just a piece of it, we've rounded up all the most common techniques for taking a Windows 10 screenshot.

How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with the PrtScn key

The simplest way to save a copy of whatever is on your computer screen is to simply press the 'Print Screen' key on your keyboard. It's usually labeled 'PrtScn' (or something very similar) and is located in the top row, among or near the Function keys.

On some keyboards (particularly laptops) you might need to trigger the Print Screen using the Function key (in other words, hold the Function key and then press PrtScn).

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider The PrtScn key copies the entire screen to the clipboard, so you can paste it elsewhere, but there are several modifier keys you can use to change the way this key works. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

Windows features several PrtScn variations:

  • Press PrtScn. This copies the entire screen to the clipboard. You can paste the screenshot into any program that displays images, like Paint or Microsoft Word.
  • Press Alt + PrtScn. This copies the active window to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program.
  • Press the Windows key + Shift + S. The screen will dim and the mouse pointer will change. You can drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. The screenshot will be copied to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program. (This shortcut only works if you have the latest version of Windows 10 installed, called the Windows 10 Creators Update.)
  • Press the Windows key + PrtScn. This saves the entire screen as an image file. You can find it in the 'Pictures' folder, in a subfolder called 'Screenshots.'
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How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with Snipping Tool

Microsoft includes a much more flexible screenshot utility with Windows 10, called Snipping Tool.

You can use Snipping Tool to grab a screenshot and save it as an image file without first pasting the screenshot into another program.

1. Start the Snipping Tool from the Start menu.

2. In the 'Mode' drop down, choose the kind of screenshot shape you want - you can choose anything from full screen to rectangular to a free-form shape.

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider You can choose the kind of screenshot that Snipping Tool takes with the program's menus. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Click New, and your screen will freeze. You can then use the mouse to create the screenshot. The screenshot will then appear in the Snipping Tool window.

4. If you want to include something like a tooltip, which only appears after a mouse movement, you can specify how long to wait before taking the screenshot using the Delay menu.

5. If you want to, once you've taken your screenshot, you can use the drawing tools to annotate the screenshot.

6. When you're done, click 'File' and then click 'Save As' to save the completed screenshot to your computer.

7. You can also click the copy button in the Snipping Tool window - it looks like two pages laid over one another - to copy the image to your clipboard.

How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with the Game Bar

The Game Bar is an overlay you can use within most Windows games to take screenshots and record video. Here's how to use it:

1. Start a game from the Start menu or the Xbox Console Companion program.

2. While playing the game, press the Windows key + G. The Game Bar overlay should appear.

© Dave Johnson/Business Insider The Game Bar has a screenshot tool that appears as an overlay on top of games. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Click the camera icon to take a screenshot, or you can use the keyboard shortcut: Windows key + Alt + PrtScn.

The screenshot will be automatically saved to the 'Videos' folder in a subfolder called 'Captures.'

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If you're playing a game on Steam, you can also press F11 to take a screenshot. It will be added to your screenshots folder on Steam.

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How do I take a screenshot?

press PrtScn= Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the (invisible) clipboard. Note: On some notebooks you have to hold Fn and then press PrtScn instead.

Where can I find that key?

PrtScnScrLkPause Look for this group of keys at the upper right of your keyboard. Note: Print Screen (PrtScn) might have been abbreviated differently on your keyboard.

How do I take a screenshot of a single window?

hold down Alt and press PrtScn= Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.

How do I take a screenshot of a specific area?

hold down and Shift and press S= Use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture. Windows then copies it to the clipboard. Since: Windows 10 Creators Update.

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I guess it's in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?

hold down Ctrl and press V= Windows pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.

Where should I paste it? I just need a (graphics) file.

  1. Start 'Paint'
  2. Paste
  3. Save

How do I take a screenshot and have it directly as a file?

hold down and press PrtScn= Windows (8 or 10) captures the entire screen and saves it as a file to your Pictures >Screenshots folder.

Can you show me in a video?

Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots? How can I find it?





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