A screenshot is literally a snapshot of what is currently displayed on your screen. Screenshots can be a great help, for example, if you want to report an exact error-message to support staff, or if you simply want to capture the content of a website. With a screenshot you can save your current view in a file. Besides capturing the entire screen, you can also select single windows or cropped sections with the so called Snipping Tool. In this Special Topic we will show you how to do this.

Published on: 21.02.2012

Windows 8

Snipping Tool  
In this video you will learn how to create screen shots of the visible items displayed on your screen and how to save them as a file. You can, for example, record the exact text of an error message and directly send it by email. (4 Min.)



Windows 7

Snipping Tool  
In this video you will learn how to create screen shots of the visible items displayed on your screen and how to save them as a file. You can, for example, record the exact text of an error message and directly send it by email. (4 Min.)