Prtscn button

• On Windows 10 and 8, Windows Key+ PrtScn to capture entire screen. On Windows 7 and earlier, press PrtScn. • To capture only the active window, press Alt+ PrtScn. • To capture specific parts of the screen, use the Windows Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch. This article explains how to take screenshots on a Windows PC. Instructions apply to Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. • PrtScn: Pressing the button once saves a screenshot of the entire screen. If you have multiple monitors connected, a single press of the print screen button will save a screenshot of all the screens in one single image. • Alt+ PrtScn: Press these buttons at the same time to take a screenshot of a single window that you're focused on. Select the window once to make sure it's in focus, and then hit these keys. • Win+ PrtScn: Using the Windows key with the print screen button (in Windows 8 and newer) will take a screenshot of the whole screen and then save it in the default Pictures folder in a subfolder called Screenshots (e.g. C:\Users\[user]\Pictures\Screenshots). At this point, you may notice that the image you saved looks a bit off. If the image doesn't take up the entire canvas in Paint, it will leave white space around it. To fix this, drag the bottom right corner of the canvas toward the top left of the screen until you reach the corners of your screenshot. Take a Screenshot on PC With the Windows Snipping Tool Another way to take screenshots is to use the • In Windows 10, type snipping tool in the ...