How to Take a Screenshot on Any Phone or Laptop?
If you’re looking to take screenshots on any phone or laptop, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s really easy! The bad news is that each computer and/or device uses different commands for screen capture, so it can get confusing if you’re trying to learn how to take a screenshot on your phone and another on your laptop, or multiple laptops or phones. For this reason, I’ve compiled this handy guide on the best ways to take screenshots from any device available to you!
How to Take a Screenshot on Any Phone or Laptop
- Open the screen you want to capture on your phone or laptop. 2. Swipe from top to bottom or tap the print screen button on your keyboard to take a screenshot. 3. Share it instantly with family and friends using one of the many social media platforms available for mobile devices or on computers through an email, chat program, or Facebook post. 4. Save the screenshot to your camera roll or computer if you would like to save it in a different format.
How to Take a Screenshot on an iPhone or iPad
If you are an iPhone or iPad user, take a screenshot by pressing both the lock button and the home button. The screen will flash, but the phone will not make a sound. If you want to learn how to use this function on your Apple device (whether it is a phone or a tablet), then check out these videos: How to Take a Screenshot on iPhone and How to Take a Screenshot on iPad.
Taking screenshots is easy. If you’re using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, just press both of these buttons at once—or if you have iOS 7 installed, then tap and hold on an app until it jiggles and wait for three seconds until you hear a shutter sound. From there, you can find your screenshot in your Photos library or share it by clicking on it with another device. To edit your screenshot, tap Edit at the top of your screen and make all of your edits before tapping Save (or Discard) in order to save changes permanently.
How to Take a Screenshot on an Android Phone or Tablet
To take a screenshot on an Android phone or tablet, press and hold the power button and volume down button at the same time. The screen will flash white for a second and save a photo of your screen to your device’s photo gallery. You can also hold the power button and volume up button to capture a screen in HD if you have an Android 5+ device.
How to Take a Screenshot on a Windows PC
To take a screenshot on a Windows PC, press Print Screen on your keyboard to save a shot of your entire screen. Hold down the Windows key and then press the PrtScn button to capture just the active window. You can find the resulting image in This PC > Pictures > Screenshots.
How to Take a Screenshot on a Chromebook
These directions will show you how to take a screenshot on a Chromebook. Go to the screen that you want to take a screenshot of. Press your Space bar and Ctrl key at the same time. This should bring up a screenshot captured screen in which you can see the date and time of your screenshot as well as the dimensions of it. Open your file explorer by clicking on it from within Chrome OS (it is like a folder). Click on Chrome OS, which should be followed by any screenshots that have been taken and any shortcuts there too. Find the image with the right dimensions and copy it to wherever you want to store it on your computer or device.
How to Take a Screenshot on a Mac
To take a screenshot on a Mac,
Press Command + Shift + 3. This will capture the entire screen and save it to your desktop.
If you just want to capture the active window, press Command + Shift + 4.
This will highlight the window in order to drag it out for a perfect snap of what’s happening on your screen.
To open this file on your Mac, go to Finder > Desktop > Screenshot. You can also rename the file if you like before opening it up.
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