Screenshots How To

Screenshots How To

This guide is specific to Windows PC’s

Using Greenshot (best option, use first)

  1. Hit the Print Screen (PrtScrn) key, crosshairs & green lines should appear
  2. Click & drag over whatever you want a snapshot/picture of
  3. Menu asks what you’d like to do with your snapshot: 

    1. Outlook will email it
    2. Image editor allows you to obscure sections of it & other useful things
    3. Save will make it a picture file
    4. Clipboard allows you to paste it elsewhere

Windows 10 (built-in 'Snipping Tool')

  1. Click the Windows (Start) button 
  2. Type snip, click the snipping tool: 
  3. Hit New then click & drag (while the screen is greyed-out) over whatever you want a snapshot/picture of
  4. You snapshot is displayed, you can highlight or draw a circle around anything of importance
  5. Now what do you want to do with it:
     Email it |  Copy it & paste into Word, Excel, etc.  |  Save (as a picture)

Windows 11

  1. Hit the Print Screen (PrtScrn) key, the screen should darken & your mouse cursor/pointer changes to a + symbol
    1. Another keyboard shortcut: Windows logo key  + Shift + S.  If the Print Screen (PrtScrn) key is a different color you may have to hold Fn key then tap Print Screen (PrtScrn). See FAQ
  2. Click & drag over whatever you want a snapshot/picture of
    1. Optionally: click on bottom-right prompt for 'Snipping Tool' to edit the screenshot. If you missed the alert you can open Snipping Tool, click top-right 3-dots, Open file to be able to edit screenshot
  3. Open the program where you want the screenshot & hit Paste
Note: screenshots are saved in Pictures, Screenshots folder

FAQ

  1. Nothing happens when I press the Print Screen (PrtScrn) key
    Try Windows logo key  + Shift + S. Otherwise if the Print Screen (PrtScrn) key is a different color you likely need to hold Fn key then tap Print Screen (PrtScrn):
    1. It could be the key isn't triggering the snipping tool (screenshot) app, try to paste it into your app. Then fix it: Windows (Start) button  , Settings, Accessibility, Keyboard, enable 'Use the Print screen key to open screen capture'
  2. If 'Snipping Tool' or 'Photos' app can't do the edit you want, try the built in 'Paint' tool

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