Take a screen capture (print screen)
You can take a picture of what is on your screen by pressing PRINT SCREEN (or PRTSCN, on some keyboards). This is called a screen capture. You can then paste the screen capture into a document, e‑mail message, or other file. There are two types of screen captures you can take: the entire screen, or just the active window. For example, if you have three programs open at the same time, you might want a screen capture of only the active window.
To copy the entire screen
To copy only an active window
Tip
- You can paste your screen capture into Paint, which is a drawing program you can use to crop, rotate, and resize pictures.
To paste a screen capture into a Paint file
- Open Paint.
- Click Edit, and then click Paste.