How do i take a screenshot of a specific area.
Pop up window screenshot.
Hold down and shift.
Set up your screen so that the window that you want to screenshot is the active one.
And press s use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture.
In those few seconds you can go open the popup menu or right click menu and then just wait till the screen capture starts.
Hitting the button once saves a screenshot of the entire screen.
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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.
Click on the pop up window then hit ctrl alt and prtsc simultaneously.
Click file click save enter a file name click a location on the left side of the page and click save.
Save your screenshot as an image file.
A screenshot of just the active window saves to your clipboard.
Unlike the win printscreen shortcut the alt printscreen shortcut won t automatically save the image as a file.
Taking a screenshot of a window the snip sketch app also allows you to quickly take a screenshot of a specific window even the non active ones.
You can then paste the image to another program or location like an email message or the microsoft paint app.
From the drop down list click on the number of seconds you d like to wait until your screenshot is taken.
Strike these buttons at the same time to take a screenshot of a single window that you re focused on select the window once to make sure it s in focus and then hit.
In windows 10 snipping tool has a new delay option which will allow you to capture screenshots pop up menus and tooltips.
The process is pretty simple.
You should now have the desired screen shot.
Windows 10 creators update.
You can also draw or capture your image via free form window or full screen shot when snipping your image by clicking the down arrow next to the mode button on the snipping tool screen.
To do so click new and select the windows.
Open the snipping tool app and click delay.
The most common file types are jpg and png.
The only way to capture pop up menus and tooltips in windows 7 and 8 is to use the old fashioned method of setting up your screenshot hitting the printscreen button on your keyboard and then.
