How To Make A Screen Capture In Windows 7

Have a snapshot to copy words or images from all or part of your PC screen. Utilize Snipping Tool to make changes or notes, then save, and share.

Capture any of the post-obit types of snips:

Free-form snip	Draw a gratis-form shape around an object.
Rectangular snip	Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
Window snip	Select a window, such as a dialog box, that you desire to capture.
Full-screen snip	Capture the unabridged screen.

When y'all capture a snip, it'south automatically copied to the Snipping Tool window where you make changes, save, and share.

Open Snipping Tool

For Windows 10	Select the Start, entersnipping tool, then select Snipping Tool from the results. PressWindows logo key+Shift+S.
For Windows 8.ane or Windows RT eight.1	Swipe in from the correct edge of the screen, select Search, entersnipping tool in the search box, and and then select Snipping Tool from the list of results.
For Windows 7	Select Commencement, then entersnipping tool in the search box, and and so select Snipping Tool from the list of results.

Work with your screenshots

With your Snipping Tool open, select one of the following to create and work with your screenshots.

In Snipping Tool, selectMode. In earlier versions of Windows, select the pointer next to the New button. Adjacent, when you choose the kind of snip you want, you'll see the whole screen alter slightly to gray. Then, choosing from anything currently displayed on the screen, select the area of your screen that you want to capture.

Snipping Tool mode options

Later you open Snipping Tool, open the card that you want to capture. For Windows 7, press theEsckey before opening the carte du jour.
PressCtrl + PrtScn keys. The entire screen changes to gray including the open menu.
SelectMode, or in earlier versions of Windows, select the pointer next to theNewbutton. Select the kind of snip yous want, and then select the surface area of the screen capture that yous desire to capture.

Afterward you capture a snip, you can write or depict on or around information technology by selecting thePenorHighlighterbuttons. SelectEraser to remove the lines you've drawn.

After you capture a snip, select theSave Snipbutton.
In the Salve Every bit box, type a file name, location, and type, and and so selectSalve.

When you capture a snip from a browser window and relieve information technology as an HTML file, the URL appears below the snip. To prevent the URL from appearing:

In the Snipping Tool, select theOptionsbutton.
In theSnipping Tools Options box, articulate theInclude URL below snips (HTML only) bank check box, so selectOK.

Subsequently you capture a snip, select the arrow next to the Ship Snip button, and and then select an option from the list.

Press these keys	To do this
Alt + M	Choose a snipping mode.
Alt + N	Create a new snip in the aforementioned mode as the last one.
Shift + arrow keys	Move the cursor to select from unlike types of snips.
Alt + D	Filibuster capture by ane-v seconds
Ctrl + C	Copy the snip to clipboard
Ctrl +	Save the snip

With your capture open in Snipping Tool, selectEdit >Edit with Paint 3D to use features for sizing, color, text, and many other enhancements.

In the folder where y'all've saved your snip, right click on the snip. SelectPrint from the options and make choices for how you want to print your image.

In the search box on the taskbar, typesnipping tool. You lot'll encounter the Snipping Tool app and a list of deportment you can take. SelectPin to taskbar.

Starting time, identify the carte or other components you desire to capture. In Snipping Tool, select Delay and then select, for instance, 5 seconds. Select Mode to kickoff the 5-second countdown. Within 5 seconds, open a menu or otherwise compose your prototype. At five seconds, when you lot see the screen plough grey, use the mouse to draw effectually the area you want.