How to take a screenshot (image) - basic processing?Posted by Greenberg Skou on March 12th, 2021 Using the PrtSc (PrintScreen) button available on the keyboard, you can make a quick snapshot of the currently visible area of the desktop (or other window) within your display (monitor). The captured material will be in the system cache. PrintScreen stores the image of the entire monitor screen in memory. If you only want to crop a part of the image, you will need to edit it, for example in the Paint program described below. How to take a screenshot in Windows in three steps?
On the monitor screen, display the item for which you want to take a screenshot and then click the button: PrtSC (PrintScreen) on the keyboard.
Then run any graphics program, eg Paint (Windows) and paste the captured image by clicking eg CTRL + V or right-clicking -> Paste.
After pasting the screenshot into a graphics program, you can quickly blur sensitive data, select areas of interest or change the size of the displayed area, and then save the modified graphics to a new file.
The graphic file prepared in this way can be sent as an attachment to the application. The screenshot will help you identify more quickly and complete your request with additional information.
How to take a screenshot with Windows Snipping Tool?
The Snipping Tool is an application included with Windows Vista and later versions. It allows you to take screenshots of selected, open windows or the entire screen. It also allows you to select your own (custom) area to capture.
The Snipping application also allows you to send your prepared screenshot by e-mail. After preparing the screenshot in Snipping Tool, you can do some basic editing of the captured image with a brush, pencil, marker and eraser.
To take a screenshot via Windows Snipping Tool:
Select the Start button, in the search box on the taskbar, type the phrase: "snipping tool" and select Snipping Tool from the displayed list of results.
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Use the button: New to start creating a new screenshot. By expanding the additional options at the New button, you can select a different cutout shape (e.g. free cut, rectangular cut, window cut, full screen cut).
Then select the part of the screen for which you want to create a screenshot and select this area with the left mouse button.
When finished, use the Save button to save the image. You can also use the basic graphics editing or the option to add notes: a pen and a highlighter.
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