#Skype screenshot maker install#
#Skype screenshot maker windows 10#

The first of six ways described my own method. It turns out if you hold the Windows key while tapping Print Screen, it'll save a screenshot straight to your hard drive! So, for once in my life, I Googled 'Windows 10 screenshot' and clicked on the first link that came up: ' 6 Ways To Take Screenshots in Windows 8.1 & 10, Using Built-in Tools' from my new favorite tips-and-tricks site, DigitalCitizen.life.

#Skype screenshot maker windows 10#

Slick!īut regular Windows 10 doesn't include Windows Ink, as I soon discovered. Since Dan lives the stylus life on Windows 10 a lot, he actually can double-click his stylus eraser to capture his screen, and then Windows Ink has nice cropping and annotation tools built in. How cool! 'What app are you using for screenshots?' I asked him offhand. Today in a meeting I was looking over the shoulder of Dan Seifert, our reviews editor, and saw him take a screenshot of one specific portion of the screen.

#Skype screenshot maker install#

I guess I knew I could install some third-party utility or whatever on Windows, but I don't take screenshots constantly, so I've just suffered through this laborious process and chalked it up to 'Just Windows Things' a small cost to pay for the Windows-only privileges of Overwatch and VR. On Mac I know all the sweet shortcuts to take a screenshot directly, or even take a screenshot of a single window or a selected area, and the file just shows up on my desktop ready to go. Now, I've always obviously found this process annoying. Okay, now either save your new screenshot, or use Paint to crop it and then save it.Ĭongratulations, you have a screenshot! Good job Paul, you know all about computers. This might sound like a trivial qualifier, but invariably I end up overwriting my last screenshot file and I have to undo and save again and it's a big mess. If you already have something open in Paint you'll want to open a new file because otherwise you'll overwrite the last thing you saved. Good job Paul, you know all about computers