You just press the print screen button and a screenshot is saved to the clipboard!"
Alt + Print Screen
This simple keyboard combination is one that we use every day.
To reach the image, you’ll need to paste it into an app like Paint.
Hitting Win + Print Screen captures a screenshot of the entire screen and saves it directly to your drive.
The photos are saved in the Pictures library, in the Screenshots folder, as PNG files.
This is the best tool to use if you want an immediate image file created from your screenshot.
Windows + Volume Down
The final set of shortcuts here is one for tablet users.
Think of it as a hardware button version of Win + Print Screen.
Snipping Tool
The Snipping Tool is one of several software solutions provided in Windows.
It also has a delay function so you might capture the perfect moment.
It’s then easy to save the screenshot as an image to your drive.
To do that, pop launch the Windows Explorer and browse to the Windows / System32 folder.
Look for SnippingTool.exe, right-select it and select Create Shortcut.
it’s possible for you to place this shortcut somewhere hidden, in your Documents or Downloads folder.
Then right-choose this shortcut and select Properties.
In the field Shortcut Key, it’s possible for you to set your shortcut.
And it’s already included with Windows 10.
From here, a full screenshot is captured and opened in a window that allows annotating.
The Surface Pen included with some Microsoft Surface products is one such stylus that has this functionality.
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