Screenshots can be useful for a variety of reasons. For example, you can send copies of error messages to support services, show a friend what your game screen looks like, or save a tweet that you suspect is going to be deleted in a few minutes. Today’s laptops all include ways to take screenshots, and that includes Chromebooks. Show
Chromebooks can be a little confusing for someone coming from another platform, especially because their keyboards are somewhat different than those of Macs or Windows PCs. Some keys present on other laptops are missing while new ones have been added. Luckily, there are two ways to take screenshots on Chromebooks: either by using key combinations or by using the Quick Settings pop-up. Screenshots via Quick Settings
The Screen Capture icon is in the pop-out menu on the side; it looks like a circle in a square. (You may see a smaller version without the text.) You’ll get a small menu at the bottom of the screen with several icons. From left to right, they’ll include:
The Screen Capture menu gives you several options.Image: Google If you click on the Settings icon, you can adjust your audio input, decide whether your mic should be live, and select the folder that you want to save your screenshots or recordings to. Using the keyboardA faster way to take a screenshot is by using key combinations. To take a screenshot of the entire screen, use the Ctrl + Show windows key combination. The Show windows key, which looks like a rectangle with two lines on the right side, is on the top row of the keyboard. (It’s the equivalent of the F5 key on a PC keyboard.) The “Show windows” key is in the middle of the top row.
Save and edit your screenshotAfter you’ve taken the screenshot, a copy of the screenshot will appear in a pop-out window just above the Quick Settings menu. Click on it to show it in the folder. Any screenshot you take will automatically end up in the Downloads folder — but you can change which folder you want to save it to via the Settings button in the Screen Capture menu. After the screenshot pops up, you can save it, edit it, or delete it. You can also click on the Edit or Delete buttons. The Edit button will take you to a fairly useful app that lets you perform such basic tasks as cropping and rotating, rescaling, annotating, or tweaking the lighting. You get a number of options to edit the screenshot, including rescaling. Related
Update June 3rd, 2022, 9:30AM ET: This article was originally published on January 14th, 2020, and has been updated to account for changes in the OS. Join the conversation Most Popular
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