Taking a screenshot on Windows

Question

How do I take a screenshot on my Windows computer?

How do I use the Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch to capture screenshots?

How do I take a scrolling screenshot?

Environment

• Microsoft Windows
• Snipping Tool
• Snip & Sketch
• Microsoft Edge

Instructions

Snipping Tool keyboard shortcut

1. Press Windows key + Shift + S.
2. At the top of the screen, select the type of snip you want to make (e.g. Free-form, Rectangular, Window, or Full-screen).
3. Select the area to copy to your clipboard.
4. Once selected, a notification will pop-up Clicking this notification will open the screenshot in Snip & Sketch.
5. Edit and save the image from Snip & Sketch, or open a separate program in which you can save/edit/paste the image.
6. Press Ctrl + V to paste the screenshot (this will include any edits done in Snip & Sketch).

Using other keyboard shortcuts

Whole Screen Capture

1. Press the Print Screen key.
2. Open a program in which you can save/edit/paste the image.
3. Press Ctrl + V or Click Edit > Paste.

Specific Window

1. Have the window you need to capture selected.
2. Press and hold the Alt + Print Screen.
3. Open a program in which you can save/edit/paste the image.
4. Press Ctrl + V or Click Edit > Paste.

Capture a scrolling screenshot with Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Go to the webpage you want to capture.
3. Press Ctrl + Shift + S on your keyboard to initiate the Web capture panel.
4. Click Capture the full page to take a screenshot of the entire web page.
5. Click the  Save icon in the upper-right.
6. In the Downloads pop-up, hover over the file name and click the Show in folder icon to access the file and open it in the desired app for editing.

Using Chrome's Developer Tools

1. Open Developer Tools
   • Right-click on the webpage and select Inspect or Inspect Element or press Ctrl+Shift+I (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Opt+I (Mac).
2. Open Command Menu
   • In Developer Tools, press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac) to open the command menu.
3. Type screenshot
   1. Type screenshot in the command menu.
   2. Select Capture full size screenshot.
4. Save the screenshot:
   • Chrome will capture the full-page screenshot and save it to your Downloads folder.