How to Print Screen on Windows 7
This wikiHow teaches you how to take screenshots on Windows 7 of the entire screen or a specific window using keyboard shortcuts, and how to take a screenshot of a customized area using the Snipping Tool. Press . Doing so saves the entire...
Method 1 of 3:
Capturing the Entire Screen
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Press PrntScrn. Doing so saves the entire image on the screen to your computer's Clipboard, in the same resolution as your monitor setting. For example, a 1280x720 dpi monitor will result in a 1280x720 dpi image.- If your keyboard doesn't have a PrntScrn key, press Fn+Insert.
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Open a document or create a new one. Do so in any app that supports the pasting of images, like Word, Outlook, or Paint. -
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Paste the screenshot. Do so by pressing Ctrl+V or selecting Paste from the Edit drop-down in the menu bar. The screenshot will be pasted into the document. You can now save it, email it, print, or otherwise share it.
Method 2 of 3:
Capturing a Specific Window
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Click on the window you want to capture. -
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Press Alt+PrntScrn. Doing so saves an image of the window to your computer's Clipboard.- If your keyboard doesn't have a PrntScrn key, press Fn+Insert.
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Open a document or create a new one. Do so in any app that supports the pasting of images, like Word, Outlook, or Paint. -
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Paste the screenshot. Do so by pressing Ctrl+V or selecting Paste from the Edit drop-down in the menu bar. The screenshot will be pasted into the document. You can now save it, email it, print, or otherwise, share it.
Method 3 of 3:
Using the Snipping Tool
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Open the "Start" menu. It's in the lower-left corner of the screen. -
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Click on Search. -
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Type snipping tool in the "Search" bar. -
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Click on Snipping Tool. Doing so opens a dialog box -
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Click on Mode. It's in the menu bar of the dialog box. -
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Click on Rectangular Snip to create a rectangle-shaped image. -
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Click and drag the pointer to outline a rectangular area of the screen. This takes a screenshot of the section of the screen you outlined and shows you the resulting image. -
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Click on Save Snip. It's the icon that looks like a purple floppy disc. This will open the "Save As" window and you can enter a filename for the screenshot and choose where to save it.- The default image file type for the snipping tool is JPEG. You can change this by clicking on the "File Type" drop-down menu in the dialog box.
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Click on Save. The selected portion of the screen will be saved as an image to your computer.
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