Microsoft Print Screen Shortcut
When using Office programs with Windows, there are two ways to copy the contents of what you see on your screen (commonly referred to as a 'screen shot' or 'screen capture'). You can use the Snipping Tool or the PRINT SCREEN key.
Using the Snipping Tool
Many users find that using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for Outlook on Windows helps them work more efficiently. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using the touchscreen and are an essential alternative to using a mouse. You can take a screenshot in Windows 10 by just pressing the Print Screen button (sometimes labeled as Prt Sc) from your keyboard. The entire screen will be copied to your clipboard. In order to view and manipulate this screenshot, open the default Paint program on your computer and paste it in. To take a screenshot, press and hold the Windows icon button located at the bottom of the tablet. With the Windows button pressed, simultaneously push the lower volume rocker on the side of the Surface. At this point, you should notice the screen dim then brighten again as if you took a snapshot with a camera.
Nov 22, 2017 Depending on your hardware, you may use the Windows Logo Key + PrtScn button as a shortcut for print screen. If your device does not have the PrtScn button, you may use Fn + Windows logo key + Space Bar to take a screenshot, which can then be printed. To locate your screenshots, open File Explorer from the taskbar. Aug 04, 2015 These shortcuts can help you browse the web more efficiently on Microsoft's latest OS. Give them a try and let us know which shortcuts you like. 28 essential keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft. Jul 01, 2019 Select an area to screenshot. Click and drag your mouse from the top-left corner of the area that you want to screenshot to the bottom-right corner. For example, if you want to screenshot the entire screen, you'd click and drag your mouse from the top-left corner of the screen to the bottom-right corner of the screen. Press the screen shot keyboard shortcut that your keyboard uses to take a screen shot. Click the window you want to capture. Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN by holding down the ALT key and then pressing the PRINT SCREEN key. The PRINT SCREEN key is near the upper right corner of your keyboard.
The Windows Snipping Tool captures all or part of your PC screen. After you capture a snip, it's automatically copied to the Snipping Tool window. From there you can edit, save, or share the snip.
For details and instructions, see Use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots.
Using the PRINT SCREEN key
Pressing PRINT SCREEN captures an image of your entire screen and copies it to the Clipboard in your computer's memory. You can then paste (CTRL+V) the image into a document, email message, or other file.
Where is the PRINT SCREEN button?
The PRINT SCREEN key is usually located in the upper right corner of your keyboard. The key looks similar to the following:
The text you see on your keyboard might be PrtSc, PrtScn, or PrntScrn. The other text on the Print Screen key is usually SysRq.
Copy only the image of the active window
The active window is the window that you are currently working in. Only one window can be active at a time.
Click the window that you want to copy.
Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN.
Paste (CTRL+V) the image into an Office program or other application.
Copy the entire image on the screen
Open everything you want to copy and position it the way you want.
Press PRINT SCREEN.
Paste (CTRL+V) the image into an Office program or other application.
Shortcut Key For Print Screen
Modify the image
Microsoft Surface Print Screen Shortcut
Paste (CTRL+V) the image into a drawing application, such as Microsoft Paint, and by using the tools available in your drawing application, you can add circles around text or images you want to highlight or crop anything that you don't want to appear in the image.
For more complex modifications, it is recommended that you use the Snipping Tool to capture your screen shot.