With the arrival of Windows 11, the art of screen capture has not changed much and Microsoft offers many solutions to achieve them. Stop wondering how to take a screenshot with Windows 11 and discover all the possible procedures to achieve them.
Taking a screenshot is a simple action that with the arrival of Windows 11 is not revolutionized. The operation is possible using techniques that come from the origins of the OS and much more recent tools. How to take a screenshot with Windows 11? We list here all the possibilities to do it and it's up to you to choose the one that suits you best.
How to take a screenshot in Windows 11 with Snipping Tool?
Microsoft offered in Windows 10, two different tools to take a screenshot. A rather strange redundancy that the editor fixes in Windows 11 by merging the two into a single one called Snipping Tool.
Be aware that when you launch a capture by the Snipping Tool
This tool is very complete, but Microsoft also offers to use the Xbox Game Bar to make captures and this is much more efficient for video game captures.
How do I take a screenshot on Windows 11 with Xbox Game Bar?
The Xbox Game Bar is a tool dedicated to video games. It makes it very easy to take video game screenshots by avoiding the bugs that the Screenshot Tool can cause with the display of games.
How to take a screenshot with Windows 11 with keyboard shortcuts?
Desktop PC keyboards have a handy key called PRINT SCREEN or PRINT SCREEN depending on the keyboard. It offers various possibilities according to your needs.
Press the PRINT SCREEN key
Pressing this key takes a screenshot of your entire desktop and sends it to the clipboard. Then just open Paint for example, or Photoshop, and create a new image from the Clipboard. On a laptop or compact desktop keyboard, the PRINT SCREEN key may be shared with another function. In this case, it is often sufficient to use it by associating it with the Fn (Function) key.
Press Windows Key + PRINT SCREEN
This association captures a screenshot of the entire desktop and the image is directly saved in the Screenshots folder located in the Images folder. The files are then in PNG format.
Press Alt + PRINT SCREEN
This association is used to capture the active window and only it. As for the only press on PRINT SCREEN, it is necessary to go through an image creation software like Paint or Photoshop and create a new image from the Clipboard.
Note that you can configure the Print Screen keyboard key so that pressing it launches the Screen Capture Tool. To do this, simply go to Settings (Windows key + i) then Accessibility and finally Keyboard. You just have to activate this key assignment.
You now master all the techniques that Windows 11 offers to take a screenshot.
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