How to take a screenshot in Windows 10 (Print Screen & Paint + Snipping Tool)

This video shows you two ways to take a screenshot on Windows 10 - the "shortcut" method, using the Print Screen key and Microsoft Paint - and the method that's more complicated but has more options - using the Snipping Tool.
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PARTIAL VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
Hi, it's HandyAndy Tech Tips here, and today I'm going to show you two ways to take a screenshot in Windows 10.

The first one is called the Paint method, and it's useful if you want to capture your entire screen. So first what you want to do is press the Print Screen key on your keyboard - it's usually directly above the Insert key on desktop keyboards. If you don't see it, then you might like to look for the PrtScn key, which is a common
abbreviation. Next, go into your Search Windows box and type Paint, then click on the Desktop app called Paint. Once in Paint, you want to click on the Paste button, which is in the top left-hand corner above the Canvas. You'll then get this nice full-screen
screenshot. To save it, open the File menu and click Save As. Type a name for it, here I've chosen "my amazing screenshot", and then choose a file format, I'd usually choose PNG. Then click Save, and you've got a screenshot!

The second method is called the Snipping Tool Method, and it allows you to have greater control over your screenshots. To use this method, go into your Search Windows box and type "Snipping Tool", then click on the desktop app called Snipping Tool. Now this app has quite a few options,and you can select them by pressing the down arrow near the New button. So the first option is free-form snip, and this allows you to grab a particular region of your screen by drawing around it. So I'll select that, click New, and then you can see that I can draw a nice little shape here. And then when I release my mouse button, it gives me the region of the screen encompassed by the shape.

So the next option is window snip, and this can be used to capture anything that is classed as a window, like a web browser window, or even the taskbar. So as you can see, I can click on the taskbar, and it gives me a snip of just the taskbar. Another option is
full-screen snip, which captures the entire screen, just like the Paint method. And the final option is rectangular snip, which allows you to draw a rectangle around the area you want to snip.

Now if you want to save a snip, then just click on the floppy disc icon, and it gives you a save dialog, just like Paint, so I'll type in "my second amazing screenshot" and click Save. You've just taken a screenshot with the Snipping Tool!

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How to take a screenshot in Windows 10/8.1/8 (Print Screen & Paint + Snipping Tool)