
A notification also appears once you're finished taking a screenshot, select it for more editing options. The screenshot is automatically copied to your clipboard. You can change the shape of your snip by choosing one of the following options in the toolbar: Rectangular mode, Window mode, Full-screen mode, and Free-form mode.

The desktop will darken while you select an area for your screenshot. Your mouse pointer will change into crosshairs.To use the Snipping Tool when you have a mouse and a keyboard: To take a screenshot of only a portion of the screen: It will be named with the date and time that you take the screen shot. You will hear a camera shutter click, and an image of your current screen will be saved to your desktop in PNG format. In macOS, to take a screenshot (including any menus you may have selected), press Command-Shift-3. Similarly, you can paste this image into any other program that handles images (for example, Microsoft Word or Excel).

At this point, you can print the image, alter it, or save it. To move the captured image into Paint, go to the Edit menu and select Paste. Select Accessories, and then choose Paint. To load Paint, click the Start button, and select Programs or All To manipulate the image you just captured, use the Paint program that comes with Windows. In both of these cases, the image is captured to the Windows Clipboard.


You can also capture the image of either the entire screen or only the currently active window using the PrtScrn or Print Search for snipping tool, and click to open it. Use the Snipping Tool in Windows, which highlights sections of the screen and allows you to save it as an image.
