Taking screenshots has become a part and parcel of our day-to-day activities. Whether it is for work, entertainment, or simply to save a memory, taking pictures of our screens has become a regular part of life. But how exactly do we capture screenshots on Windows? In this article, we delve into the basics of taking screenshots on Windows and how to access them after they’ve been saved.
Taking the Perfect Snapshot: Screenshots on Windows
For those who don’t know, a screenshot is an image of whatever shows on your computer or phone screen. There are several ways to take a screenshot on Windows. If you are using a laptop or desktop, you can press the ‘Print Screen’ key on your keyboard to capture the whole screen. If you press the ‘Alt+Print Screen’ keys together, it will capture the active window. For those of you who use a tablet or a touchscreen laptop, you can press the ‘Windows+Volume down’ keys together to take a screenshot.
Ready, Set, Capture: Accessing Screenshots on Windows
Once you’ve pressed the appropriate keys, you can find your screenshot in the Screenshots folder of your Pictures folder. If you’re using Windows 8.1 or 10, the screenshot is saved automatically in the Screenshots folder in the Pictures library. On Windows 7, the screenshot is saved to the Clipboard, so you need to open the Paint program, press ‘Ctrl+V’ keys, and then save the file from Paint.
You can also save your screenshots directly to OneDrive by pressing the ‘Windows+PrtScn’ keys together. This will save a copy of the screenshot to your OneDrive Pictures folder.
Now that you know the basics of taking screenshots on Windows and how to access them afterwards, you can easily capture photos of whatever is on your screen. So, what are you waiting for? Ready, set, capture!