how to print screen on a laptop dell

Capturing a snapshot of your computer screen is called a screenshot or screen capture. Once captured, the screenshot automatically copies to your computer clipboard. You can then paste the screenshot into a document, email message, file or image editor (Paint, for example), or you can save the screenshot as a file, and then insert it as a picture into a document, email message, another file or image editor.

The Print Screen key is usually located in the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard. Some keyboard models label the Print Screen key differently, such as PrintScreen, PrntScrn, PrntScr, PrtScn, PrtScr, PrtSc or a similar abbreviation. In this article, we use the PrntScrn abbreviation to represent any key label variations. Other keyboards may not have a separate Print Screen key. In this case, you can perform the Print Screen function by pressing and holding down the Fn + Insert keys together.

The Print Screen function operates slightly differently in each Windows operating system. First, identify which Windows operating system is on your computer, and then choose the correct option below:

Using the Print Screen Key in Windows XP and Windows Vista

To capture the entire screen: Press the PrntScrn key.

To capture an active window: Press the Alt + PrntScrn keys together.