Standard Screen Capture

All versions of Windows have the built-in screen capture feature allowing you to capture either the entire screen or a single active window. The two options are detailed below:

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When the desired image is stored in the Windows clipboard (only one image can be stored at a time), it can be extracted by opening a word process program (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, etc.) or an image manipulation program (such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Paint), and selecting Paste from the Edit menu or pressing Ctrl-V.

Snipping Tool

In addition to Print Screen, Windows 7 introduced a screenshot application called Snipping Tool. Snipping Tool can be used to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image.

To launch Snipping Tool:

    1. Click on the Start button in the bottom left (if using Windows 8, go to the Start Screen).

    1. In the search box, type Snipping Tool, and then, in the list of results, click Snipping Tool.


Start Menu then snipping tool




      1. Click the arrow next to the New button to choose the "type" of snip.

    Free-form Snip Draw any shape with your mouse.

    Rectangular Snip Drag the cursor to form a rectangle.

    Window Snip Choose a window

    Full-screen Snip Capture entire screen.

    Click new for 4 options




        1. Once you have chosen one of the above options, select the area of your screen that you want to capture. The screenshot should automatically open in a new window.


      Selection tool




          1. Click File then Save As and save the file


        File save