Screenshots can be very useful; you can use them to show an error message to your company’s IT department or even to save tweets before the person who posted them deletes them. Fortunately, Microsoft’s desktop operating system has offered several options for capturing images of your PC screen for some time now. And while it’s no different when it comes to Windows 11, this operating system has made the task easier.
How to print screen on Windows 11
If you need to make a print, the file Separate 5 different ways to capture your PC screen on Windows 11, each with a quick and easy guide:
1. Use the PrintScreen button
Also called “PrtScrn” or “PrtScr”, the “PrintScreen” key creates images of your entire desktop. These captures are stored only in your computer’s clipboard. This means that to save the image, you need to paste it into a program, such as Paint, PhotoShop, Google Docs, a WhatsApp web conversation, and so on.
However, after the KB5025310 update, some users noticed that when they press the PrintScreen key, instead of immediately capturing the screen, the Snipping Tool launches. The native app lets you take a screenshot of a rectangular or free-form area of the screen, a single window, or the entire screen.
Necessary time: 2 minutes.
If you prefer to simply press the PrtScrn key to take a screenshot of the entire screen, it’s not difficult to put things back to how they were before:
- Access the “Keyboard” settings.
Open the settings, click on the “Accessibility” menu and then click on “Keyboard”;
- Click the toggle button
Look for the “Use Print Screen key for Snipping Tool” toggle button and toggle the option as desired.
2. Use the Snipping Tool to take a screenshot
The Snipping Tool that comes with Windows 11 requires an additional click or two, but offers more options than a simple full-screen capture. When you activate the tool, you’ll see a series of four icons at the top of the screen, offering the following options, from left to right:
For those who have configured the PrintScreen key to take a full-screen screenshot as shown above, you can access the toolbar by pressing. Otherwise just press the PrtScrn key to open the application.
After you create the screenshot, a thumbnail will appear in the bottom right corner for a few seconds. You can click on it to open the Snipping Tool app and make changes like adding lines and text or cropping (as shown below) before saving it or automatically finding it in the folder .
3. Use the full Snipping Tool
The version of Snipping Tool that launches with the PrintScreen button doesn’t include some nice features, like recording a video of your screen or inserting a three-, five-, or 10-second timer before capturing.
Therefore, you can access the full Snipping Tool by clicking the “Search” icon on the taskbar and searching for it. To take a capture using the application, simply click “+New”.
4. Use keyboard shortcuts
Change the destination to “Save as PDF”
Click “Save,” choose which folder you want to save the file in, and click “Save” again.
5. Use the Xbox Game Bar
Originally, the Xbox Game Bar was created to help players record their performance, among other things, without leaving the game to do so. For a long time it was an alternative way to take screenshots and Windows’ only built-in way to capture screen recordings.
To access it just press the shortcut on the keyboard. If you simply want to take a screenshot or record your screen, click “Capture” on the icon that looks like a forward-facing camera on the main toolbar. Then click the camera icon to save an image or the circle icon to start recording a video.
To take a simple screenshot with this application, just use the shortcut . These images are automatically saved in the folder (It sounds strange, but images are also saved in the video folder when using this tool.)
However, since the Xbox Game Bar has its limitations and can be a little confusing, things have gotten a lot more convenient since Windows added Snipping Tool.
Ok, now you can take a screenshot using these tools provided by Windows 11 itself!
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