We explain to you how to easily take a screenshot on Windows 10 and how these can be edited.
The most important in brief
With just a quick keystroke, you could have the current display on your screen as a hard copy in your hand. In the early days of the personal computer, the [Print] key was a practical tool for printing out what you saw on your monitor. Since then, the function has changed a bit. When you press the key, the image is not sent directly to the printer. Instead, the screenshot is saved to the operating system’s temporary memory (i.e. the clipboard). This is also the case in Windows 10. However, some Microsoft users do not realize that they can also use this handy key in combination with other keys:
![Keyboard with the [Windows], [Alt] and [Print] keys highlighted](fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/screenshot-windows-10-1.png "Keyboard with the [Windows], [Alt] and [Print] keys highlighted")
You should keep in mind that the clipboard in Windows 10 can only store one screenshot at a time. If you press the [Print] key again, the previous screenshot will be replaced – one more reason to hold down the Windows key to save the images. PNG files can easily be dragged and dropped from the “Screenshots” folder into virtually any Microsoft application (e.g. into Paint for further editing). You can paste images from the clipboard into the currently open project using the copy-paste function ([Ctrl] + [V]). Of course, you can also simply use the Photos app or any other image editing program, such as Gimp or Paint.NET.
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Matching emailSSL certificate24/7/365 supportThere are numerous other screenshot tools for taking screenshots in Windows 10 in addition to the ones mentioned here.
Regular Microsoft users have probably come across the Snipping Tool which was found in previous versions of the operating system under Accessories in the start menu. In Windows 10, it can be found under “Windows” > “All apps” (keyboard shortcut [Windows] + [Q]) or by using the search function. This little tool offers additional options for taking and editing screenshots in Windows 10:
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The Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts and the Snipping Tool allow you to take a screenshot of what you can see on your screen at that moment. So, what do you do if you cannot see all the important information at once, such as with a scrolling website? For such cases, you can use special add-ons for your browser.
For Google Chrome, you could use Fireshot or Awesome Screenshot – the latter even allows you to take videos of your screen. For Mozilla Firefox, Fireshot works or you could also use Awesome Screenshot Plus.
How it works:
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