Very often you need to show a screenshot to your interlocutor, friend or work colleague. Usually called a screenshot, this is an image ( snapshot), taken from the screen at a certain period of time. In this article I will demonstrate how to take a screenshot on a computer or laptop with Windows 7, 8 or another installed. The actions are identical for everyone.

Typically you need to take a screenshot when:

Now about how to make it.

How to take a screenshot on a computer

The easiest and fastest way to do this is to use a special key - Print Screen (translation - screenshot). It is usually located at the top right of the keyboard on both a computer and a laptop. The inscription can also be written in abbreviation - Prnt Scrn.

After pressing this key, no notifications will occur. The screenshot will be saved to the clipboard ( computer temporary memory) until you copy something else or press the key again. Then the snapshot will be “overwritten” with new data.

After following the steps above, open any image processing program ( paint), place the cursor in it and press the key combination Ctrl+V ( insert). The image will appear in the program. Then you need to save it, and then use it.

By the way, you can press the Print Screen key and immediately load ( Ctrl+V) images on social networks ( for example, in contact), without the need to use an editor. Below is a demonstration of how this happens on the social network VKontakte.

Screenshot of a separate Windows window

There are situations when it is necessary to capture not the entire computer screen, but only a separate window. In this case, third-party programs will not be required. Now you just need to do it a little differently:

1. Select ( make it active, in the foreground) window to be captured.
2. Press the key combination Alt + Print Screen.
3. Paste the resulting image into a graphics editor or somewhere else.

A very convenient and simple solution for creating a screenshot of the desired window.

System utility scissors

This utility was created specifically for creating screenshots of individual areas of the screen. It appeared with Windows 7 and is present in newer ones. Go to the start menu and find it. Or go to Start >> Programs >> Accessories.

After launching, you need to select an area on the screen and save the result.

This method will avoid installing third-party software.

Taking screenshots with a third-party program

The free screencapture program provides more advanced screenshot capabilities. Its functionality:

1. Uploading pictures directly to online storage.
2. Save to any location on your computer.
3. Built-in editor.
4. Setting up keys for taking a screenshot.

Download it and install it. After launch, a settings window will appear on the right where you can:

1. Select image quality.
2. Where to save.
3. Format.
4. Photo history.

And other settings. Perfect for those who do not have enough standard tools for creating a screenshot in Windows.

There are quite a lot of similar programs. There are both paid and free ones. I liked this one the most. You need to choose based on your own goals. Additionally, you can watch a video example.

I hope you don’t have any questions about taking a screenshot. If so, I’m always ready to answer in the comments.

The need to make a screen copy occurs if you need to quickly save the picture displayed on the monitor screen while various programs are running.

The most common use of screenshots is to save results - graphs, tables, text data if further analysis and comparison is necessary.

Several ways to take a screenshot.

1. Built into windows - Standard tools Windows XP, 2000, Win 7, Vista, Windows 8. Press the Prt Scr button on the keyboard. Next, create a graphic file in the required folder, open for editing, Edit -> Paste or Ctrl+V, save the file in the desired format. This method is not very convenient - there are a lot of body movements, it is not always possible to take a picture of a movie frame in the player (since the video is played in an overlay), we capture the entire desktop. Alternatively, you can use Alt+PrtScr to take a snapshot of the active window.
2. Third party software. In the search you will find what is convenient for you. I chose the Screenshot Captor program. It is free for personal use, has many settings, and uses little RAM.

Screenshot Captor is the perfect solution to take a screenshot on your computer.

For me the benefits of this program are

1. Free for personal use.
2. Low resource consumption,
3. Settings for autoloading, dialog requests, file name format, image saving format (jpeg, png, bmp, gif, tif).
4. Availability of many hotkeys.
5. Ability to capture the entire screen, the active window, a single object, a fixed-size area, or select an area to capture in real time.

Several screenshots of Screenshot Captor settings

How to take a screenshot of Windows XP

1. Open in the browser the page whose image you want to obtain;
2. Press the PrintScreen (PrtSc) key on the keyboard - this button is most often located in the upper right corner of the keyboard, in the same row as the function buttons F1-F12;
3. Open one of the graphic editors, for example the standard Paint program;
4. Select the menu item “Edit” - “Paste” or press the key combination Ctrl+V, after which the image will appear in the graphic editor;
5. Supplement the image with the necessary elements - signatures, lines, etc.;
6. Save the resulting image: “File” - “Save As”.

How to take a screenshot in Windows 7

Screenshot on Mac OS

Take a screenshot programmatically on Mac

1. Go to “Programs/System programs” (Applications/Utilities);
2. Launch the Screenshot program (Grab.app);
3. Go to “Snapshot” - “Window”;
4. Circle the required area on the screen using the cursor that appears;
5. The resulting image will be automatically saved to the Desktop.

Keyboard shortcut for taking a screenshot on MacOS

Press the keys simultaneously Command + Shift + 3, the image of the entire screen will be automatically saved as a file on the “Desktop”. You can also use a combination Command + Shift + 4 to save a manually selected area of ​​the screen.

iPhone/iPad

1. Simultaneously press and hold the upper and lower buttons of the device;
2. Wait for the screen to click and flash. The screen image will be automatically saved in the standard Camera Roll folder, along with photos from the main camera.

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How to take a screenshot in Windows

1. Take a screenshot using the built-in Windows Snipping app. To learn how to use the Scissors, see the instructions

You can also take a screenshot using the Print Screen key:

1. Press Print Screen on your keyboard. It is usually located to the right of F12.

• The key may be called Prt Sc SysRq, Prt Scr SysRq, or similar abbreviations.

1. If your keyboard doesn't have a Print Screen key, press it on the on-screen keyboard. To learn how to open the on-screen keyboard, see the instructions on the Microsoft support site.

1. Launch the graphic editor Paint. To learn how to launch Paint, see the instructions on the Microsoft support site.
2. Edit → Paste or press Ctrl+V on your keyboard.

1. In the upper left corner of the Paint window, click File and select Save as.
2. Enter a file name and save it in JPG format. This format takes up less space for the image file than the default BMP format.

The screenshot has been taken.

How to take a screenshot on macOS

To take a screenshot of the entire screen:

1. Reproduce the situation in which the required image appears on the screen.
2. Press cmd (⌘)+shift+3 on your keyboard.

To take a snapshot of a specific window:

1. Press cmd (⌘)+shift+4+spacebar on your keyboard.
2. Select the desired window with the camera pointer and click on the mouse button.

The picture will be automatically saved to the Desktop. The image file will be created in PNG format with a unique name: Screenshot of [date created] at [time created].png.

Greetings, my dear readers! In today's article we will look at a step-by-step lesson describing how to create a screenshot from a monitor(screenshot), the lesson is intended specifically for beginner computer users. We'll look at how to take a screenshot ( screen copies) without using unnecessary software, free of charge using the Windows 7 operating system.

Step 1.

For easy storage of your screen copies you need to create a new folder. For ease of access to the folder, create it on the desktop. Let's call it, for example, screenshots.

Note:

If you don’t yet know how to create new folders, then go to the instructions How to create a new folder

Step 2.

If you are going make screenshots on a regular basis, it would be wise remove the Paint program shortcut to the desktop.

To create a shortcut you will need to go to the Start menu > all programs > standard > Right-click on the paint program shortcut > send > desktop ( create shortcut). If this is not necessary, then simply open the program.

Step 3.

Let's start creating a screen copy (screenshot).

To do this, you need to find the button on your keyboard PrtSc(it is located next to the F 12 key).

Press once. After that A copy of your screen will be on the clipboard.

Step 4.

Open the program paint. To insert an image (screen copy), you must press two keys simultaneously Ctrl and V or on the button " Insert" in the program window.

Step 5.

Let's move on to the final step - saving an image (screenshot) to a computer. To do this, you will need to do the following: click on the file menu > Save as> Select the format you need, we chose JPEG.

The advantage of this format is the light weight of the image while maintaining quality. It can be shared on the Internet and sent by email, also saving disk space.

Save the image to the folder you previously created - screenshots.

Congratulations! If everything went according to plan, then a copy of your screen(screenshot) should be in your folder - screenshots. Now you can, at any time when you need it, make a copy of the screen (screenshot) without installing third-party software on your computer.

Dear reader!