How to “take a picture” of the screen?

Have you ever wondered how you can “take a picture” of what you’re doing on your screen? In other words, a screenshot, screenshot or printscreen? It’s not as difficult as you might think.

Here’s how to do it on a PC:

1. Put what you want to see at the top, it can be an advantage to put unwanted elements down.
2. Press the Prt Scr key (see image). On some computers, you must hold down the alt button at the same time
3. Open an image management program, such as Paint. You can find it under accessories in the start menu
4. Paste the image into the program (Press Ctrl+v or right-click and paste)
5. Crop the image if desired
6. Save the image. The most common is .jpg or .jpeg

Good luck! For Windows 11 there is a more flexible way to take a picture of the screen. Read how to take a picture of the screen on Windows 11 here.

If you want to read about how to use the Windows Snipping Tool to take a screenshot, click here!