How to Screenshot on Google Chromebook
This wikiHow teaches you how to take a full or partial screenshot on a laptop running Google's Chrome operating system.https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183101?hl=en Go to the screen of which you want a screenshot. You can take...
Part 1 of 3:
Taking a Full Screenshot
- Go to the screen of which you want a screenshot. You can take a screenshot of anything that appears on the Chromebook's screen, like a webpage, document, or movie frame.
- Press Ctrl and the Screen Switcher key. Doing so captures an image of everything on your Chromebook's screen.
- The Screen Switcher key is the one with a rectangle and two vertical lines to its right.
- If your keyboard doesn't have a Screen Switcher key, use F5 instead.
- Click on Copy to clipboard if you'd like to paste the screenshot into a document.
Part 2 of 3:
Taking a Partial Screenshot
- Go to the screen of which you want a screenshot. You can take a screenshot of anything that appears on the Chromebook's screen, like a webpage, document, or movie frame.
- Press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift and then press the Screen Switcher key. Doing so launches a framing tool on your screen.
- The Screen Switcher key is the one with a rectangle and two vertical lines to its right.
- If your keyboard doesn't have a Screen Switcher key, use F5 instead.
- Click on and hold the tool. While doing so, drag it to frame the part of the screen that you'd like to capture.
- When you release the mouse or trackpad, your screenshot will be saved.
- Click on Copy to clipboard if you'd like to paste the screenshot into a document.
Part 3 of 3:
Accessing Your Chromebook Screenshots
- Hold down ⇧ Shift + Alt and then press the M key. Doing so opens the "Downloads" folder where all screenshots are automatically stored.
- Double-click on a screenshot. This opens the screenshot so you can view it.
- Screenshots are .png files labeled with the word "Screenshot," along with the date and time they were captured.
Update 04 March 2020
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