Quick Screenshot in Windows8

Posted by Muhammed Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013

You probably know about screenshot in Windows and some of you may be using this for your personal and business life.  To take a screenshot, just press the Print Screen key on the keyboard and open any image editor like paint, then past and save the file. You are done!!!

Windows 7 and newer version of Windows make this process simple by adding new tool called Snipping. However, up until now there was not a way to create a screenshot faster like pressing any key (special or combination).

Microsoft added a new feature to their latest operating system Windows8 for taking screenshot. It lets you create screenshots automatically and without the need to start another program to do so. For taking screen shot in Windows8, Just use the combination of Windows and Print Screen. It creates a screenshot file automatically on your system and you can find it in My Pictures -> Screenshot folder.

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The screenshots are always full screen and save the file in png format. If you want to crop and change the format of the file, you need to use any image editor. 

This feature may help you to record what you see on the screen for instance like any kind of errors OR if you want to take a screenshot of any application that does not allow you to take screenshots.