In the application's toolbar, you have the option of taking a R ectangular Snip, a Free Form Snip where you can draw the edges of your picture, a Window Snip in which you focus on a specific window, or a Full Screen Snip.

When you open the application, the screen will darken.

Find the Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch in your Applications.

While they offer some different editing functions, their core functions are more or less the same. Then click on a window to take a screenshot of that window.ĭepending on which version of Windows you're using, the built-in application is either called the Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch.

Click and drag the plus/crosshair icon to take a screenshot of part of the screen.

Using the Shift+Command+4 shortcut, you can then choose from two options:

Shift+Command+4: The mouse changes into a plus/ crosshair icon.

Shift+Command+3: This takes a screenshot of the entire screen.

Once again, the screenshot will be saved to your desktop.

Once you’ve selected the portion you’d like to screengrab, click Capture in the toolbar.If you want to capture a selected portion of the screen, click this option in the toolbar. You can change the screenshot’s dimensions by clicking and dragging its corners.If you want to take another picture, you'll need to reopen the application. The screenshot will automatically save to your desktop.Click anywhere on the screen, and you'll hear the sound of a camera clicking. Your mouse's arrow will turn into a camera icon. If you want to take a picture of your entire screen, select this mode in the toolbar.You can choose from Capture Entire Screen, Capture Selected Window, and Capture Selected Portion mode. Once the application is in use, you'll see a toolbar pop up.

(If you don't see it right away, check in Other). The app you're looking for is called Screenshot.

This will bring you to your applications.

From your desktop, click the Launchpad.

If you want a general review about how to perform shortcuts with your keyboard, check out our Keyboard Shortcuts lesson.

You can screengrab the entire screen, the active window, or part of the screen. In this lesson, we'll share how to take screenshots for Windows and macOS computers, as well as for mobile devices. There are a few screenshot options available, depending on how much of the screen you want to capture. Screenshots are captured by a screenshot application or through keyboard shortcuts.

Mac screen snip shortcut