How To Screenshot On Windows Mac

Taking ascreenshot is a common task for many people, but the exact needs of any twousers can vary widely. Because of this, the best tool for one person may not bethe best tool for another. This blog post contains a list of differentscreenshot tools so you can pick the one that's optimal for your currentneeds. One tool may be best for you today, but a different tool might be bestfor your needs next week.

1. How To Take A Screenshot Windows 10
2. Screenshot Windows 10 Running On Mac

• Screenshot the Entire Screen: Make sure your screen displays exactly what you want to show in.
• To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press Shift-Command-3. To take a screenshot of part of the screen, press Shift-Command-4 and then drag the cursor to outline the area you want to capture.

Someone who uses Parallels Desktop™ has additional tools available, as well as specific needs that other users don't have, and that is the main reason for this blog post.

Personally, Iam at the extreme end of the screenshot-making users, since preparing and usingscreenshots is one of my main tasks here at Parallels. At one time or another,I have used all the tools described here, and I keep them all installed and upto date so that I have just the right tool for whatever task comes along.

You can simply press the Print Screen button on your keyboard, take a screenshot and save it to your clipboard as a file. Windows key + Shift + S: The screen will dim and the mouse pointer will change into a crosshair symbol. There will be a panel at the top of your screen, allowing you to choose between different snip options – rectangular, freeform, window and full-screen snip. Once selected, you can drag to select a portion of the screen to capture.

Tools builtinto the operating system

Both macOS and Windows 10 have screenshot tools built into the operating system (OS). On the Mac, these tools got a major revision in macOS Mojave. In macOS Mojave and Catalina, the screenshot command (⌘-Shift-5) displays all the screenshot tools (Figure 1).

You can choose between a screenshot of the full screen, a single window, only a portion of the screen, or a screen recording (to be the subject of its own future blog post). These tools all create a file, which by default is placed on the desktop.

In Windows, the screenshot tools have been present since Windows 95 and have not changed very much over the years. Unlike Mac, the built-in tools in Windows don't create a file but put the screenshot onto the clipboard. You can then paste that screenshot into an application. You can access this tool with the Print Screen button that most Windows computers have. In recent years, in some versions of Windows, the screenshot can be automatically saved to OneDrive (Figure 2).

'Note: The Print Screen key is usually located in the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard. Some keyboard models label the Print Screen key differently, such as PrintScreen, PrntScrn, PrntScr, PrtScn, PrtScr, PrtSc or a similar abbreviation.'

'Other keyboards may not have a separate Print Screen key. In this case, you can perform the Print Screen function by pressing and holding down the Fn + Insert keys together.'

'The Print Screen function operates slightly differently in each Windows operating system.'

– from the Dell support pages

For the Parallels Desktop user, the Print Screen button is virtual (Figure 3).

Tools builtinto Parallels Desktop

If you want a screenshot of the entire Windows desktop in a Parallels Desktop virtual machine (VM), you can use the Print Screen menu item in the II menu in the Mac menu bar (Figure 3), or you can use the Take Screenshot menu item on the View menu (Figure 4).

One advantage of these tools is they grab only the Windows bits and none of the Mac bits (Figure 5).

Often, this is exactly what a particular task requires, and grabbing only the Windows bits with other screenshot tools can be quite tricky and require some editing clean-up of the screenshot. When possible, I try to minimize the need for time-consuming editing, and these two tools makes this quite easy.

These two toolsbuilt into Parallels Desktop are only available when you are in Full Screen orWindow mode. If you use Parallels Desktop in Coherence mode, you won't see them.

Toolsbundled with Parallels Desktop

For several years now, Parallels® Toolbox has been bundled with Parallels Desktop. (The exact details of the bundling depend on how you purchased Parallels Desktop.) Parallels Toolbox contains four screenshot tools, as shown in Figure 6.

All the tools in the Parallels Toolbox are designed to do one task extremely well, with no effort on your part to learn how to use the tool.

The firstthree of these tools are self-explanatory and extremely easy to use. The fourthtool, Screenshot Page, takes a screenshot on an entire webpage, even scrollingthe page to get the entire thing. This tool then stitches all these partialscreenshots together to create a long, skinny PDF. This tool is so useful thatthere is a blogpost devoted to its use.

If you justneed to quickly take a screenshot, these tools are what you want.

Tools for purchase

There are a number of full-featured screenshots applications that can be purchased—the Mac App Store lists more than 50 screenshot apps. Two full-featured screenshots applications that I like and use are Capto and SnagIt. Typically, full-featured apps like this include the ability to manage a library of all the screenshots you have created, as well as a graphics editor. Figure 7 shows my Capto library of recent screenshots and Figure 8 shows the SnagIt graphics editor. Unlike the tools in the Parallels Toolbox, these full-featured apps require some learning on your part to use effectively, but they give you many more capabilities.

So, which isthe best screenshot tool? Unfortunately, there is no quick, easy answer forthis. It all depends on what the end goal is, and how 'perfect' you want yourscreenshot to be. When a screenshot I create is going to be put on theParallels site, then I want that screenshot to be perfect. This means I mighthave to take several versions and then edit the screenshot so that it isexactly what is needed, with zero portions that will detract from its mainpurpose. (Thatcan happen, and it can be quite embarrassing.) To minimize the editingwork, I try to use a tool that gives me as close to the final screenshot aspossible.

If I'm takinga screenshot to report a bug in a Windows or Mac app, then I want to minimizethe amount of work and the amount of time to create the screenshot. In thatcase, I want to use the tool that is right at my fingertips and has no startuptime. Usually, this will be one of the tools in Parallels Toolbox.

I hope this list and my observations help you find the best screenshot tool for your current needs. Let us know in the comments if you recommend a tool that I did not mention.

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In today's digital times, taking a screen shot has never been a more needed and crucial tool. Whether you are a creative using screen shot's to create beautifully intricate mockups, or using the tool to capture parts or the entirety of your screen to make sure you don't lose the information on screen, this tool key for everyone.

In this article we'll highlight the many different ways to screen shot your screen across Macs and Windows.

How to take a screen shot on a Mac

If you're using a MacBook Pro, Air, iMac or any older Mac model, you have two options for taking a screen shot.

• Full screen shot capture:

For this you simply need to hold down the Command key, Shift and the number 3 all together. Your screen shot will be immediately created and added to your Desktop.

• A portion of the screen:

If you don't want to take a screen shot of your entire screen, which is often the case, you are able to take a screen shot of a selected part of the screen. For this you will need to hold down the Command key, Shift and the number 4. At this point your cursor (or mouse) will turn into a selection tool and to screen shot simply select a corner of your desired area, left click on the cursor and drag to your liking. Once released, your screen shot will be captured and saved to your Desktop.

Your screen shot will always be saved under the file name ‘screenshot day month year'.

Just last year, Windows 10 changed the ways you can screen shot the screen, and therefore here is a simple and to the point step by step guide to get back on that screen shotin' vibe.

Using the Print Screen button on your keyboard, which will be labelled ‘PrtScn', ‘PrntScrn' or ‘Print Scr', you will be able to take screen shots of your screen and you have several options: to save to your computer, not save to the computer and take a screen shot of a selected area of the screen only.

If you're struggling to find the Print Screen button, it is usually sitting next to F12 and the Scroll Lock buttons. On laptop keyboards, you may have to press the ‘Function' or ‘Fn' key to access the Print Screen feature. When you press the key, it will look like nothing happened, but the screenshot has been saved to your clipboard.

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