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How to Take Screenshot of Specific Area?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can take a screenshot on Windows by pressing some specific buttons simultaneously. You can capture documents, important information on various websites, or save anything that you want in no time. You can take a screenshot by pressing the following buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To take a screenshot on Windows, first of all, open anything that you want to capture.
You need to press and hold Win<\/kbd> + Shift<\/kbd> and press S<\/kbd> or directly press PrtScn<\/kbd> if you have Windows 11 to capture your Windows screen specific area. Then you can choose the area your mouse to draw a rectangle<\/strong> in order to specify that you want to capture. It is useful when you want to save specific information instead of capturing the full screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to Capture an Active Window?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to screenshot an active Window, you have to press and hold  Alt<\/strong><\/kbd> and press Print Screen<\/strong><\/kbd>  at the same time, and the screenshot will be ready to view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Active<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to Edit the Screen Shot?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Press the Win<\/kbd> button or open the search bar and type “Paint”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Open the image which was saved in Screenshots folder in (Local Disk C<\/strong>) drive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Select the image you want to edit and start editing with the help of paint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"Start<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    How to Take ScreenShot of Complete Screen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Hold the Win<\/kbd> and press PrtScn<\/kbd> to capture the entire screen. The captured image will be saved as a PNG<\/strong> file in Screenshots folder (Local Disk (c) \u203a Pictures \u203a Screenshots<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Windows<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    If you have an older version of Windows, press PrtScn<\/kbd> instead. It copies the entire screen to the clipboard which you can paste in paint or anywhere to edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What is a Screenshot?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We see so many interesting and fun things on a daily basis. At times, we want to save them on our device so we can come back to them again. Screenshots are the easiest way to save anything that you find interesting. Whenever you come across a meme or something that you find share-worthy, you can take a screenshot of it. Taking a screenshot means taking a photo of something that is on your screen at a particular moment. You can share your game achievements with your friends by taking a screenshot of it. If there is an issue on your device, you can simply take a screenshot and share it with someone who can guide you to fix it. Apart from that, it is useful for saving a receipt instantly. You can also capture your conversations with your friends and save them on your device. There is a complete guide on how to take a screenshot for different devices. You can go through any section that you find interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Is there any Specific computer application to take a screenshot?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes. You can use Snipping Tool<\/strong> to take screenshot or capture specific area on the screen of a computer. Go to search bar and find Snipping Tool<\/strong>. Open the app to start capturing anything you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Snipping<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Two keys and a drag. Here is every way to capture your Windows screen \u2014 and where the picture ends up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tas_seo_title":"How to take a screenshot on Windows","_tas_seo_desc":"Follow the given instructions carefully and learn how to take a screenshot on windows with different ways.","_tas_seo_noindex":false,"_tas_platform":"windows","_tas_lang":"en","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/how-to-take-a-screenshot.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}