Press Win + Shift + S . The screen dims. A tiny bar appears at the top. Drag to select an area. It goes straight to your clipboard and a notification lets you annotate.
Press PrtScn (or Print Screen ). Nothing happens. No flash, no sound. But the entire screen is now on your clipboard. Paste it anywhere—Ctrl+V.
Elena stared at her screen. 11:59 PM. The error message had finally appeared—the one her boss said was "impossible to capture." windows how to print screen
Click the window you want. Then press Alt + PrtScn . Only that window gets copied. Great for avoiding your messy desktop.
Elena used the third option. Click, drag, release. Press Win + Shift + S
The error was captured. She pasted it into an email, added "Per my last three voicemails," and hit send.
Her screen blinked. Then a new pop-up appeared: Drag to select an area
"Quick," she whispered. "How do you print screen on Windows?"