Our work uses PC computers so I’m not as familiar with this stuff. I’m a Mac person. On my Mac, if I need to capture a portion of a photo that’s on my screen, I can press shift+command+4, select the portion I want and it places that picture on my desktop. I can then drag it into Word Docs, emails, etc.
The best I can figure with my PC is windows+shift+S. But that only saves it on a notepad or something. I’m looking for a way to save a portion of my screen and have a jpg of it that I can use as if its a photo that I imported (for example).
And please explain it like I’ve never used a PC before. Thanks.
You should have a function key (the top row of the keyboard, above the numbers) that says something like “PrtScr” – depending on your computer, some combination of the Function key or the Alt key (or maybe the Windows key) plus that key should save an image of your screen to a “Screenshots” folder.
That, too, may vary, depending on your computer’s setup; you may need to hunt for it. It is most likely a sub-folder in your “Pictures” folder or “Documents” folder.
If whatever you’re trying to screenshot happens to be a website and you’re using Firefox, right click and hit ‘screenshot’. You’ll get a variety of different options for what it’ll actually save. Also, it’ll only be what’s inside the window, so you don’t have to crop out other tabs and open applications you don’t need anyone else to see.
But how do I do a screenshot of my primary monitor? Ever since I added a second monitor, it only takes screenshots of that one, which is why I started using Firefox’s screen capture button (and it turns out it’s easier to use than the built in Windows one anyway).
The current function of the PrtSc-key on my Windows machine after the latest updates is to bring up a selection menu for screen shots. The “select square area”-tool is preselected.
As mentioned in the OP, I can use windows+shift+S to select the portion I want. It saves it as a cut&paste (I guess). If I open a Word doc I can paste it in but that’s about it. I want it on my desktop as a jpg (or something similar).
ETA: I pressed the PrtScn button and went screen capture folder and it wasn’t there.
Following up even more - there’s a “Snip & Sketch” App where snipped portions of the screen will pop up. You can save the image to file from there.
That one’s not so easy. You can ‘Win-S-PrtScn’ and select an area corresponding to one monitor but there’s not a way universal to all Win10 installations that will do individual monitors. Sometimes ‘Ctrl-Alt-PrtScn’ works, but not always.
When you use the snipping tool, there’s a graphic menu at the top. You can use it to reduce the area you’re copying. After you copy, the clipboard window opens briefly and you can go in to save or edit as well.
The program Greenshot lets you select the portion of the screen to screenshot when you press PrtScn, and after you select it, you can save directly to a .jpg file to your preferred destination folder, without having to go through an intermediate program like MS Paint.
BTW, I don’t believe the PrtScn button immediately puts the capture in any sort of folder. Instead it’s in the “clipboard” from which you can paste it into Word, Paint or whatever.
Uh, I would just use the Snipping tool it’s imbedded in Windows and very easy to capture pieces portions. You can copy and paste or just turn it into a .jpg.
So - left click windows start button, type snip, click on that and there it is. It’s a great feature. I use it all the time.
