There are various ways to take a screenshot on your computer. The choice depends on how often you have to take screenshots, the whole page needs to be photographed or a separate fragment, and simply on your preferences.
How to take a screenshot using the keys
Screenshot (abbreviated screen) is translated from English as "screenshot". Computer keyboards have a print screen (PrtSc) button that allows you to quickly take a screenshot. As a rule, it is located in the top row on the right.
Open the page you want to take a picture, click on the button - the picture has been taken, now you need to save it. Go to the graphics editor → "edits", select the "paste" function, the screenshot will appear in the editor form. Click "save" and send the file to the desired folder. The advantage of this method: fast; no additional programs required. Disadvantage: you cannot take a screenshot of a separate fragment.
Windows 10 has an additional option to take a screenshot of the screen. Start the game panel by pressing the win + G keys at the same time, click on the icon with the image of the camera. You will receive a message that the picture has been saved, you will find it in the "videos" - "clips" folder. You will get the same result if you press the win + Alt + Prt Sc buttons.
Take a screenshot on a computer using the "scissors" program
You can take a picture of the desired area using the scissors program. It comes in an attachment to the Windows operating system. To use this function, click the "start" button, go to the "standard - Windows" tab → "scissors".
In the window that opens, click on the line "create", select from the proposed options:
- rectangular shape;
- arbitrary;
- window;
- the whole screen.
Edit the snapshot in the editor and then save it to a folder.
Take a screenshot of the page using special programs
You can also take a screenshot of the screen on your computer using special programs with advanced functions. There are a lot of them on the Internet, the most famous, and perhaps the best, is the free LightShot program. Advantages:
- takes up little space on your hard drive;
- has a simple, intuitive interface;
- there are various screen processing functions;
- you can immediately post the screen in the social. networks, on the site.
To work, download the program and install it on your computer.
If you do not want to take up disk space with additional programs, install an extension in your browser that allows you to take a screenshot of the page. The FireShot extension is available in Yandex and Google Chrome. To install it in Yandex go to "settings" → "add-ons", in "Google" open the tab "settings" → "extensions".
The FireShot program is functional: it takes a snapshot of the selected area or page with scrolling, saves the screenshot in PNG or.
How to take a screenshot using Yandex Disk
Yandex Disk cloud storage offers users a function for creating screenshots. If Yandex Disk is not installed on your laptop, download and install. On the bottom panel in the right corner there will be a Yandex disk icon, click on it. The menu bar will open.
Click on the very bottom line "take a screenshot". In the Yandex Disk editor, edit the resulting screenshot and save it to the desired folder.
As you can see, there are many ways to take a screenshot of the screen on your computer, you can choose the most convenient one for you.
