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You can use the Snipping Tool and PrtScn to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, then annotate, save, or share the image.
You can capture any of the following types of snips:
- Free-form Snip. Draw a free-form shape around an object.
- Rectangular Snip. Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
- Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.
- Full-screen Snip. Capture the entire screen.
After you capture a snip, it’s automatically copied to the Clipboard and the mark-up window. From the mark-up window, you can annotate, save, or share the snip. The following procedures explain how to use Snipping Tool.
To Capture a Snip of a Menu
If you want to capture a snip of a menu, such as the Start menu, follow these steps:
- Open Snipping Tool by clicking the Start Button of the Start button. In the search box, type Snipping Tool, and then, in the list of results, click Snipping Tool.
- After you open Snipping Tool, pres Esc, and then open the menu that you want to capture.
- Press Ctrl+PrtScn.
- Click the arrow next to the New button, select Free-form Snip, Rectangular Snip, Window Snip, or Full-scree Snip from the list, and then select the area of your screen that you want to capture.
To Annotate a Snip
After you capture a snip, you can write and draw on or around the snip in the mark-up window.
To Save a Snip
- After you capture a snip, click the Save Snip button in the mark-up window.
- In the Save As dialog box, enter a name for the snip, choose a location where to save the snip, and then click Save.
To Share a Snip After you capture a snip, click the arrow on the Send Snip button, and then select an option from the the list.
To take a screen capture of the entire screen
- Press PrtScn.
- Open Paint by clicking the Start button of the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Paint.
- In Paint, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
- If you want to resize the image, on the Home tab, in the Image group, click Resize, and enter a new percentage or pixel size.
- Click the Paint button of the Paint button , and then click Save.
It is also possible to capture a specific active window when you press PrtScn
To capture an active window:
- Press Alt+PrtScn.
- Open Paint by clicking the Start button of the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Paint.
- In Paint, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
- If you want to resize the image, on the Home tab, in the Image group, click Resize, and enter a new percentage or pixel size.
- Click the Paint button of the Paint button , and then click Save.