The screenshot function can be performed in Windows in three ways. Users can create them without the need to use other apps or programs outside the same operating system. Find out how to do it easily and safely.
Screenshots have become one of the ways to show what we want to communicate, without the need to explain so much, especially during a chat on social networks. Nevertheless, many only know how to do it on mobile phonesbecause it only takes one combination of buttons to save it to our Gallery.
On Windows, there are three simple ways to generate these images. Each serves the same purpose, but two allow to manipulate what we want to show. That is, we can directly select only what we need.
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How can I take a screenshot of my PC?
1. Use the ‘Print Screen’ button. At the top right of your keyboard, you’ll find this button. Just press it once and you will have the image saved in the clipboard of your PC. This does not mean that a file has already been created. Instead, it means that you have “copied” what your screen was showing at the time.
To generate a file, you can press the keys Ctrl + V in a chat, which will generate a preview of the image you are going to send. When you send it, you will have the image in that chat and you can download it. Another way is to open the tool Paint of Windows and paste what you have copied, with the same combination of keys. When you save it, you will have the screenshot.
2. Use the ‘Snipping Tool’. Windows has its own app with which you can generate screenshots, or just select what you want from what is shown on your screen. just go to Windows > Windows Accessories > Snipping Tool.
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Open the app and tap ‘Nuevo‘ at the top left. Your screen will freeze and you can select what you want from it by creating a square. At the end of the cut, you will see a preview. Just press ‘Save’ and that’s it, you’ll have the image. In case you made a mistake, you can simply click ‘New’ once more, before saving, to select once more.
3. Press the Windows + Shift + S keys. Using this key combination will also open a type of snipping tool. Like the previous one, you only have to select what you want to save as an image. At the end, you will see a notice that the selection has been saved to the clipboard.
If you click on the notification, the app will open ‘Clipping and annotation‘, where you can edit the capture and save it by pressing the floppy disk icon in the upper right.
