HP laptops comes with built-in tools or software, that provide additional screenshot functions, and Here you may see how to take screenshot on HP laptop using the built-in tools or keyboard shortcuts or snip & sketch modes.
How to Screenshot on HP with Keyboard Shortcuts
To take screenshots using keyboard shortcuts on a laptop or Computer, you can follow below steps. There are three types of screenshots. They are
- Full screen screenshot
- Active window screenshot
- Selected Area Screenshot or Snip & Sketch
How to take a Screenshot on a HP laptop using Full Screen Screenshot
- Press the PrtScn (Print Screen) key on your keyboard. key may be mentioned differently, depending on your laptop model
- After that, Open an image editor like, Paint or Word
- Paste it by Pressing Ctrl + V or right-click and selecting Paste, and save it to your files.
- Note that by pressing Windows + PrtScn keys in your keyboard can save the screenshot directly in to your files of computer.
How to Screenshot on HP Computer or laptop using Active Window Screenshot
- Select the window you want to capture is active.
- Press the Alt + Prt Scn (Alt + Print Screen) keys in your keyboard.
- Open an image editor, paste itand save it to your files of computer.
How to Screenshot on a HP laptop with Selected Area Screenshot
- Press Windows + Shift + S in your keyboard. This shortcut is useful for Windows 10 and later versions.
- Cursor will change to a crosshair, Click and drag the crosshair to select the desired area you want to capture.
- Paste it in image editor and save it in your files.
- This procedure is also known as Snip & Sketch.
How to Screenshot on HP Laptop with Built In Tools
To take screenshot on HP laptop with built-in tools following steps are useful. The Built-in tools are HP Quick Launch, HP Support Assistant and HP Smart Friend.
- For Full screen screenshot press PrtScn (Print Screen) in your keyboard.
- For Active window screenshot press Alt + PrtScn.
- For selected area screenshot press Windows + Shift + S.
- Open HP Quick Launch or HP Support Assistant or HP Smart Friend application on your laptop. You can search for it.
- Select the Screenshot and save it to your files of HP laptop.
If your HP laptop doesn’t have the applications mentioned above, you can also try searching for screenshot or capture in the Start menu.
How to Take a Screenshot on HP laptop Using Snip & Sketch
To take screenshot using Snip & Sketch on HP, apply the same procedure of Selected Area Screenshot or Snip & Sketch in the above mentioned topic i.e., How To Take Screenshots With Keyboard Shortcuts, because all the steps to capture a screenshot are the same for this mode.
