Ways to Screenshot on Windows 7

Taking a screenshot is important because it allows them to capture the image or part of the image or webpage they want instantly. In addition to this, taking a screenshot allows them to express some things that are hard to explain without any visual aids. Can you screenshot in Windows 7? If not, this article will teach you how to. Actually there are four (4) ways to screenshot on Windows 7, which I believe, all users know. Below are the ways to capture a Windows 7 screen which are very effective in any way you want to use them.

Method I. Default Key Combinations

To capture the entire screen of the computer, you may press on the “PrtScr (Print Screen)” key. And press the “Alt + PrtSc” keys to screenshot an active window. Always remember that pressing these keys does not give you any sign that a screenshot is taken. You need to use another program to save it as an image file. Take Paint for example. Open Paint, and press “Ctrl + V” to paste the screenshot on the blank board and click the save button to store the screenshot on your PC.

Method II: Utilize Third-party Tool

There is a free online tool called Free Online Screenshot. This tool is easy and free to use. It lets users to have high quality screenshot of anything on the screen of the computer. Further more, it has editing options which allows users to enhance the screenshots taken. Not only that, this tool also allows users to share the screenshot taken over social media sites immediately.

To use this tool, follow the steps below:

• Go to screenshot.net page.
• Click on “Take Screenshot” button and wait for the tool to appear on the screen.
• Once the tool appeared, you may now start taking a screenshot by clicking on the camera icon on the interface of the tool.
• Drag the part of the screen you want to capture and release the mouse to take the screenshot.

• The screenshot will appear together with the editing options. Edit the screenshot if you need to.
• Upload the screenshot on the free Cloud space provided by the site and share it over social media sites. You will see the options in the side part of the captured image which are aligned vertically.

Moreover, this tool has a desktop version which provides more functions, including various screenshot modes, automatic screenshot, record anything on the screen, etc. You can download it by clicking the button below.

Method III. Use the built in Snipping Tool

Windows 7 has a built in snipping tool allowing users to capture the whole screen or a part of the screen. The default shape to use in taking a screen shot is “Rectangular Snip” but if users decide to use other shape than that, simply choose the “Free-Form Snip” function. If in any case you want to capture the entire screen, you may choose to use “Full-screen Snip” or “Window Snip” if a single window is going to be captured.

To make a screenshot on Windows 7 in using this tool, simply follow the steps provided.

• Open the Snipping Tool by clicking on “Accessories”.
• Choose the snip shape you want to use.
• Click on “New”button in order to make a new snip and drag a snip area or select a window to screenshot once the screen fades.
• A new window will open once the snip is created allowing users to add highlights and texts in the image.
• Save the captured image by clicking on the disc icon or by simply keying the “Ctrl + S” shortcut keys.

Method IV. Screenshot A Webpage

There is a tool which is able to take a webpage screenshot in just a click. This tool is compatible with Windows operating system. It is known as Webpage Screenshot Capture. This tool produces high quality webpage screenshot and it as well saves the screenshot taken in a free Cloud storage provided by the site. To know how to screenshot on Windows 7 using this tool, follow the steps below:

• Copy the link of the webpage you want to capture.
• Paste the URL in the URL box provided above.
• Click on “Take Screenshot” button to take a screenshot.
• Save the file on Cloud storage. In addition to this, this free tool also has an editing tool which allows users to add watermarks, texts, shapes, lines and more.

Those are the simple ways on how you can take a screenshot on Windows 7. People don’t actually need to pay for anything as screen capture tools are free at hand and so easy to use. You can now take a screenshot of an image in any way you want by using the methods given above.

How to Take Screenshots in Windows 10, 8, and 7

Windows offers several built-in ways to capture screenshots

What to Know

• Full-screen capture (Windows 10, 8, and 7): PrtScn, PrintScrn, Print Screen, or Fn+PrntScrn. Press Ctrl+V to paste screenshot.
• Full-screen capture (Windows 10): Win+PrintScrn. Full-screen or snips (Windows 10): Win+Shift+S > choose type of snip.
• Snipping Tool (Windows 10, 8, 7) or Snip & Sketch (Windows 10): Type snip in search box to open > select New or Mode.

This article explains how to take screenshots in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7.

Screenshots in Windows 10

Snap a screenshot in Windows 10 by pressing Win+Shift+S. This hotkey opens a small clipping menu at the top of the screen.

You have three options for the type of area you want to capture:

• Rectangular Snip
• Freeform Snip
• Window Snip
• Fullscreen Snip

Select the kind of screenshot you want to capture. To use a Rectangular or Freeform Snip, click and drag the mouse to define the capture area. When you release the mouse button, the area saves to your clipboard.

If you select Window Snip, the active window that you select will be saved to the clipboard.

If you select Fullscreen Snip, the entire desktop (including any additional attached monitors) will be saved to the clipboard.

With any of the snips, you will get a notification that the Snip saved to clipboard.

If you select the notification before it disappears, it will open your snip in Snip & Sketch, the new version of the Snipping Tool in Windows 10. Or, you can paste the copied screenshot into an image editor, email message, OneNote, or other application.

Snip & Sketch (Windows 10)

Snip & Sketch takes the above quick screenshot and adds cropping and annotation tools. If you take a screenshot with other techniques and have Snip & Sketch installed, Windows notifications prompts you to access your screenshot in Snip & Sketch. The tool offers a timer set to a delay of 3 or 10 seconds.

Full-Screen Captures (Windows 10, 8, and 7)

No matter which Windows version you run, capture a screenshot of the entire desktop by pressing the PrtScn (or Print Screen, or on some laptops Fn+Prnt Scrn).

Using PrtScn takes a screenshot of the full screen and copies it to your system clipboard. From there you can paste the image where you need it, such as into an email, or into an image editor such as Microsoft Paint or Gimp for Windows.

To paste the image, select the location where you want to put it and press Ctrl+V.

The screenshot captures all active monitors.

Alternate Full-Screen Capture (Windows 10 and 8)

The PrtScn method above works in all versions of Windows. Windows 10 and Windows 8, however, offer an additional trick that makes screen capturing a little faster.

Press Win+PrtScn (or Fn+Win+PrtScrn). Your display momentarily dims as if a camera shutter just snapped, indicating the screenshot. Instead of having to paste the image into another program, however, Windows saves the image to your Pictures > Screenshots folder.

Single-Window Screenshots (Windows 10 and 8)

To take a screenshot of a single window, first make it the active window by selecting its title bar (the top). Press Alt+PrtScn. A screenshot of just the active window saves to your clipboard. You can then paste the image to another program or location, like an email message or the Microsoft Paint app.

Windows Snipping Tool (Windows 10, 8, and 7)

Microsoft includes a built-in utility for Windows called Snipping Tool that gives you another way to make screenshots but with much more control over the area that is captured. It is available in Windows versions starting with Vista, but some versions differ from one another.

The Snipping Tool in Windows is being incorporated into a new tool called Snip & Sketch. Snip & Sketch lets you take screenshots just like Snipping Tool, but also to annotate and crop images. Both tools are still available to use in Windows 10.

Select Start and type snipping into the Search box. Select Snipping Tool in the search results.

This is where Snipping Tool in Windows 10 differs from earlier versions.

In Windows 10: Select Mode in the Snipping Tool menu.

In Windows 7 and 8: Select New dropdown.

Pick from among several options for the shape of the screenshot area:

• Free-form Snip lets you draw the screenshot area freehand. Click and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse to draw the area you want to capture.
• Rectangular Snip uses the familiar left-click-and-drag to create a rectangular area on the screen. Everything inside the rectangle will be captured in the image.
• Window Snip captures an entire window. After activating a Window Snip, move the mouse to the window you want to capture. The window that will be captured will become selected. Left-click the mouse to create the image.
• Full-screen Snip captures an image of the entire desktop and opened in Snipping Tool.

Free-form or Rectangular Snip options: After you draw the area that you want to capture in a screenshot, release the mouse button and the image will open in Snipping Tool. The screenshot will also go to your clipboard.

Window Snip: Move the mouse pointer to the active window and click to capture the window image.

If you use the Window Snip option and click on a window behind the active window, a screenshot will be taken of that window behind, plus any other windows in front of it.

Full-screen Snip: As soon as you choose this selection, the Snipping Tool captures the full desktop image.

If the screenshot is not as you expected, take another by selecting New in the menu.

When you’re satisfied with your screenshot, select File > Save As to save it or press Ctrl+S or select the floppy disk in the Snipping Tool menu to save.

Snipping Tool does not capture opened context menus or other pop-up menus. When you attempt to make a screenshot of these, as soon as the Snipping Tool is activated, those menus close.

Using Delay to Capture Pop-up Menus (Windows 10)

Windows 10 offers a delay feature for making screenshots with Snipping Tool. The delay allows you setup your desktop before the program freezes your screen.

Click Delay and select the amount of time you’d like Snipping Tool to wait before capturing the image, up to a maximum of five seconds.

Select New and set up your screen the way you want it to appear before the timer runs out. For example, if you’re trying to capture an open context menu, open that menu before the timer runs out. When the delay ends, Snipping Tool will capture the screenshot, including open menus.

The Snipping Tool doesn’t have a live timer to show you how much time you have left. To be on the safe side it’s best to give yourself five seconds for each shot.

Other Methods for Screen Capture

OneNote used to have a screen clipping function you could use to take screenshots. The screen clipping function is not available in newer versions, however, but if you have an older version of OneNote, you may still use this method to make a screenshot.

Use the autosave screenshot feature on a Windows tablet by pressing Win+VolumeDown.