This is a screenshot, a picture that shows everything that is on your screen. The need to take a screenshot arises quite often. Therefore, this function was built directly into the operating system. In this material you will learn about which key to take a screenshot on a computer with the Windows operating system.
In the Windows operating system, the PRINT SCREEN key is used to take screenshots (on some keyboards PRT SCN). This key is located in the upper left part of the keyboard, next to the NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK and SCROLL LOCK indicators. In order to take a screenshot you just need to press this key.
After pressing the PRINT SCREEN key, the screenshot will be placed on the clipboard. In order to save this screenshot as a picture, you need to open any graphics editor, paste the screenshot into it and save it as a file. For example, you can open the built-in graphics editor Paint. To do this, open the Start menu and search for “Paint.” After this, the system will find this program and you can open it.
After opening the Paint program, click on the “Paste” button or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL-V. After this, your screenshot will appear in Paint.
After saving the picture, you will receive the screenshot you need as a file.
A little trick: When taking a screenshot, you can use the PRINT SCREEN key together with the ALT key. In this case, the system will create a screenshot of only the active window. This way, you can create screenshots only of the program you are currently working with.
This approach saves a lot of time. Since the resulting screenshot does not contain unnecessary information and does not need to be cropped in a graphics editor.
Even if you have never wondered how to take a screenshot on a computer before, don’t relax, sooner or later such a question will arise. As soon as you need to show a friend the settings of a program, an error in Windows, or simply explain what’s so strange on your monitor, not to mention a professional description of the functionality of the programs, screenshots come to the rescue. Using images is the most convenient and clearest way to convey information to any person! After all, it’s always easier and faster to show a picture (a screenshot of a computer screen) than to spend a lot of time explaining over the phone or, even more so, typing a mountain of text in a chat.
The creators of Windows OS have provided a separate button on the keyboard, which is responsible for taking screenshots in all Windows systems, regardless of version - PrtScr (read as Print Screen - print screen button, speaking in Russian).
When you click this button at the top right of the keyboard, the current screen image is copied to the clipboard. The image obtained in this way is called a screenshot.
But it turns out that taking a screenshot is only half the battle; you also need to save the screenshot from the clipboard, for which you need to paste it into any graphic editor using the key combination “ctrl” + “v”, and then save it to a graphic file with one of the popular extensions , for example jpg or png.
An example of the capabilities of the SnagIT application:
Example of editing capabilities of the Joxi extension
We have already figured out how to make a screen print on a computer with any popular operating system from Microsoft, Apple, Unix-like, now let’s talk a little about smartphones and tablets on Android. Since version 2.3, the user can take screenshots of the phone by simply pressing the Volume Up + Power keys. In some cases, Volume Down + Power may occur. If the combination does not work, look for a separate manual for your phone model. Most likely, the manufacturer has changed the standard settings in its proprietary shell.
Computer users often have problems with their operating system. Having turned to friends and acquaintances, they often hear in response: “Send me a screenshot of the screen.” There can be many situations when you may need to take a screenshot. But what is it and how to take a screenshot on a computer?
A screenshot is a snapshot of your computer display. It can be obtained in various ways, from standard operating system tools to third-party programs.
Perhaps the easiest way to take a screenshot on a PC is to use the Print Screen button on your keyboard. Depending on the size of the button (written abbreviated on laptops), Print Screen may be designated differently - PrtScr, PrtSc or PrtScn.
Find the “PrtSc” button on the keyboard and click on it. It is usually located in the top row after the F12 button. After clicking it, a screenshot of your screen will be copied to the system clipboard.
Then open “Start”, find the “Programs → Accessories” folder and open the “Paint” application. Everyone knows that Paint is the “standard” Windows drawing tool. After opening Paint, click “Edit” (in Windows XP) and “Paste.” You can use a combination of the "ctrl" and "V" keys on your keyboard.
After this action, the screenshot will “appear” on your screen. Click the “File” tab → “Save As” or the icon for saving the file as a floppy disk and save the image to any location convenient for you.
More details about taking a screen using the Print Screen button are described in the following video:
Windows 7 has an interesting program - “Scissors”. It allows you to get rid of the above-described manipulations. Open the Start menu and find the Snipping app in standard programs. Having launched the program, select the desired area and click “Create”.
Taking a screenshot of your screen has become much easier in Microsoft's latest operating system. Simply press the Win (the Microsoft logo button) + PrtScn button on your keyboard at the same time, and the screenshot will automatically be copied to the “My Pictures” folder in the Image Library.
How to take a screenshot on a computer if Mac OS is installed on it? Don't worry, Apple developers have worked hard to make this process easier. Just press 3 buttons on the keyboard at the same time - ⌘ Cmd + 3 + Shift, and the screenshot will appear on the desktop. If you only need a snapshot of the active part of the screen, you will also have to hold down the “Space” button.
As you can see, the process of taking a screenshot from a computer screen does not take more than 1-2 minutes.
In computer activities, situations arise when you need to save an image from the monitor screen, or, as they say, take a screenshot of the screen. A screenshot is often also called a printscreen. They can be done either using the built-in functions of the operating system or using specially designed programs that may have additional functions and provide additional convenience in creating screenshots.
How to take a screenshot in Windows. In all operating systems of the Windows family (XP, Vista and Windows 7), a screenshot is created in the same way. To do this, you just need to press a button PrtSc on keyboard. PrtSc is an abbreviated version of PrintScreen, which in our opinion is read as a printscreen, or screenshot. On some types of keyboards, this button may be labeled Print Screen/SysRq.
When you press this button, the entire visible part of the monitor screen, that is, everything that you see on it, is transferred to the clipboard. If this does not suit you and you want to get an image of only the active window, without the Windows menu and other unnecessary elements, then you can use the keyboard shortcut PrtSc+Alt. First, press Alt, and then PrtSc, and as a result, the image of only the currently active window will be copied to the clipboard. Thus, we almost completed the task and received a screenshot, but for now it is located in a special section of the computer’s RAM - the clipboard. To save it as an image, you need to open any graphics editor (you can use the built-in Paint), create a new document in it and insert the image from RAM into it by pressing the Ctrl+V key combination. First press the Ctrl button, and then V (English letter V). In modern graphic editors, the size of a new document when you copy an image into it will automatically adjust to the size of your screenshot. You don't need to specify them manually.
After you copy your screenshot into a new document, you can perform various editing operations. Resize, cut out the desired area, add the necessary signatures, change brightness, contrast and other parameters as needed. Finally, you only need to save the image, giving the file a unique name and choosing one of the possible jpeg, gif, png, tiff or bmp formats. At this point, the question of how to take a screenshot of the screen using the built-in tools of the operating system can be considered closed.
In many computer games, developers provide for creating screenshots by pressing a key F12. They will be saved in the My Documents folder.
There are also various third-party programs and utilities for taking screenshots. The most famous of them: Paparazzi, Floomby, Magic Screenshot, Jing and many others. If you wish, you can familiarize yourself with the functions of each of these programs on their official websites and select the one you need based on your needs.
How to take a screenshot on a laptop.
As you know, laptop keyboards have an incomplete set of buttons. This is due to the lack of space allocated for the keyboard. Therefore, the PrintScreen button in them can be combined with another key. You can press it using the Fn button located at the bottom left of the keyboard. In all other respects, the process of taking a screenshot is no different from taking it on a full keyboard.
How to take a screenshot on Mac (Mac).
Over the past few years, Apple computers have become increasingly popular. When those users who have worked in the Windows environment for a long time switch to Mac, they are horrified to discover that many things that they are already accustomed to and have brought to automaticity do not work in Mac OS. But this does not mean that they are not there at all. In practice, taking a screenshot on a Mac using the operating system is even easier than on Windows. To do this, you do not need to use a graphic editor, since the image of the eran is saved directly into the image literally in one step.
All you need to do is press the keyboard shortcut Shift+Cmd+3. First press the Shift button, then Cmd and then the number 3 on the keyboard. As a result, a print screen of the entire screen area will be saved on the computer desktop as a file with the name “Screenshot 2012-02-29 at 17.44.09” and the extension .png. The time and date in your file name will, of course, be different.
In order to take a screenshot of part of the screen in Mac OS, you must press a keyboard shortcut Shift+Cmd+4.
The cursor will look like this. You need to place it in the upper left corner of the area from which you will take a screenshot, press the left mouse button and, without releasing it, select the required area. As soon as you release the left button, a screenshot will be taken and saved on the computer desktop.
In conclusion of the article, I would like to remind you that when creating screenshots and posting them online, you should always check that they do not contain private information that could be used by attackers. Happy shooting!
People who have their own computers do not know how to take a screenshot, but this is a very useful thing, and sometimes helps to sort out unexpected problems and show this or that part of their own desktop. I will tell you and show you in the photo how to take a screenshot of the screen on a computer and laptop, as well as on Android, mac os and iphone. Taking a screenshot is very easy on any device and any operating system, the main thing is to initially know the buttons that are responsible for these actions.
Let's divide our article on how to take a screenshot into four parts:
Screenshot on Windows
First, let's look at how to take a screenshot on the Windows operating system. I will use step-by-step photo instructions for windiws 7, other versions are similar and it won’t be difficult for you to guess what minor differences exist there.
In order to take a screenshot, at the very beginning on the keyboard of a computer or laptop, you need to find the button on which it says PrtScr (Print Screen), (the button PrtScr SysRq, PrtScn, PrtSc can be called similarly). This is how it is located on the laptop.
Important! If you want to take a screenshot not of the entire screen, but only of a separate window, initially hold down the Alt button, and then perform the rest of the actions.
This button is on an old Logitech keyboard. This button takes a photo of your entire screen and puts the screen on the clipboard, which means that “Paste” or by pressing the Ctrl+v button combination, you can paste a photo of your screen into any editor or document.
After you have saved the screenshot to the clipboard, you need to make a picture from it. For this we will use a standard image editor called Paint. Next, I will show you how to find it and what actions need to be taken.
Click the Start button, it is located in the lower left corner. I think everyone knows this.
Then click on All Programs.
A sub-item will open, find and click - Standard.
And in the sub-item that opens, click the Paint program.
After the program has opened, you need to paste a screenshot from the clipboard. You can click the insert button, I demonstrated this in the photo, or press two keys simultaneously Ctrl+v and the photo will appear in the program. there you can edit it, but we don’t need it and we’ll just save it.
In the upper left corner, find the down arrow, click on it and a menu will drop down, there will be Save or Save As. Click any item, they are no different if you save this particular screenshot for the first time.
Then a window will open. In it you need to select the path to save the image and its format. Decide for yourself which path to choose, but I will recommend the JPEG format, it is considered the most common.
You now know everything about how to take a screenshot. Look for it in the place you chose to save and use it.
Screenshot of android screen
I will consider versions of Android 4.0 and higher. I will also mention 2.3 and below.
The method of taking a screenshot on android is very simple. You need to press two buttons on the device.
Power button (this button is also called the lock button) + home button (many call it the home button), (there are models on which you need to press the volume down button, it is located on the side of the device).
For Android versions below 2.3, making a screenshot by pressing two keys will not work; at that time there was no such function. Therefore, use the programs:
Screenshot
No Root Screenshot It
Screenshot Ultimate
Screenshot
Screenshot on mac os
Option 1.
Now let's look at how to take a screenshot on mac os. As with other systems, you need to perform simple steps. Namely, press the key combinations, which ones and what they do I will describe below:
Option 2.
You can use a standard program to create a screenshot on a Mac. The program is called “Screenshot”, in English its name will be “Grab.app”. The required program is located in the “Programs/System programs” folder, in English it is “Applications/Utilities“.
Screenshot of iPhone screen
And finally, I’ll tell you how to take a screenshot of the screen on an iPhone. As in Android, you need to press two buttons, after which there will be a slight delay and you will get a screen.
Press the lock button + the center button of the phone at the same time.
By default, the screenshot will be saved to the standard gallery, where you will find it, most likely at the very end.
Conclusion.
We looked at four types of taking a screenshot on various devices. I hope everything works out for you, if you have any questions, ask them in the comments.
