Keyboard screenshot button

Many users have a need to take a screenshot. You can carry out this procedure in several ways, using the special application or using the button on the keyboard. What button can make a screen.

Keyboard screenshot button

To take a screenshot of the entire screen with one button on the keyboard, there is a special key "Print Screen". It is located to the right of the function keys (F1-F12). The button may be called “PrntScrn,” “PrtScr,” or “PrtSc.” On the laptop, this key is also located in the upper row, often between it or the functional row is "Num Lock".

How to make a screen with one button

To create an entire screen, just press the Print Screen key, after which the images of the entire desktop will appear on the clipboard. To edit or save this image, you should open absolutely any program that allows you to work with images, and press the "paste" button or CTRL + V combination, after which a screenshot will appear in the editor. The size and proportions of the image will be the same as the resolution of the desktop. The resulting snapshot can be edited as far as the capabilities of the application allow. As the latter, you can use both standard Paint and multifunctional Photoshop.

Keyboard shortcuts for screenshot

On a laptop, a screenshot is taken using the combination "Fn" + "Print Screen". After that, just open the image editor and also insert the image.

To take a picture of the active window on a regular PC, you need to use the combination of "Alt" + "Print Screen" buttons. To implement this function for a laptop, you need to use the combination "Alt" + "Fn" + "Print Screen".

It is also possible to save a screenshot immediately, without having to open the editor. To do this, you need to click on the computer combination "Win" + "Print Screen", after which, the resulting image will be saved in the "Screenshots" folder.

In that case, if the user does not need a screenshot of the entire screen, but only a part of it, then the standard Windows application “Scissors” will come to the rescue. You can find it in the Start menu. This application allows you to save a screenshot of only part of the screen that the user selects himself.

In order to perform more complex functions, you can use special applications that implement many different options.