Taking screenshot in Windows 10

[Anonymous]

I was also interested in an easy way to take screen shots but a Google search turned up a lot of keyboard shortcuts or the windows button found on other tablets. I started screwing around with pressing different hardware button combos.

Quick press POWER + VOL UP. Stored in pictures >>>> screenshots.

Max

[Gal]

Nice.. but I would try to avoid a combo that involves POWER button in Windows..

If I find something I’ll update you here.

[Anonymous]

No need to update me here, I just answered your question above 🙂

[Gal]

It doesn’t work for me. The tablet just goes to sleep or turns the volume up.

[Alexandra]

I always have Evernote running in the background, so I can press Win+Printscreen to trigger its very capable screencap utility.

There are any number of small third party utilities you could find that would do similar or better.

You could also explore creating an AutoHotKey script to automate the Snipping Tool and then trigger it with a TouchMe gesture.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Alex, I had to find another way as my cute little keyboard does not have a PRT SCR button! Does the PWR+VOL UP work for you? It has to be done at lightning speed and the screen does not flash like android….maybe Gal is too slow!

Max

 

[Alexandra]

My tablet’s currently charging. I’ll post back if that doesn’t work. Otherwise assume it did.

Here’s a quick AutoHotKey script you can use to remap another key combo to PrintScreen. Currently it’s set to shift-ctrl-c.

Edit: Actually here’s a better idea. This is the script I personally use to take a screenshot of whatever window the mouse is over. You can paste this over the remapping command in the above script. (You will need to install the AutoHotKey binary for the script to do anything.)

{ ; take Evernote windowed screenshot (win+printscreen, then shift-click)
#`:: ; activate with winkey + tilde
SendInput, #{PrintScreen}
Sleep, 400
SendInput, {Shift down}
Sleep, 100
SendInput, {LButton}
SendInput, {Shift up}
Return
}

[Anonymous]

Gal wrote:

Nice.. but I would try to avoid a combo that involves POWER button in Windows..

If I find something I’ll update you here.

Did you try it again Gal? Did it work, or are you still avoiding the power button?

[Alexandra]

Ehh, stop badgering Gal. 😛

I could not get your power+vol screenshot command to work on mine. Another bit of X98 Plus weirdness to add to the pile.

[Anonymous]

The power + vol up works great to take screenshots in my Windows Teclast x98 Plus…

…but I thought it didn’t work, because it made no sound, showed no indication of taking a screenshot…then I went to “My Pictures” folder and there was a folder with the screenshot that had been taken while I was trying it out.

[Gal]

Max, I just don’t see it as a good user experience. If ill have some free time maybe ill write a small program similar to snipping tool but more suitable for our x98.

[Anonymous]

Gal, does it work on the A5C8, or only on the A5C6? It should be a useful tip for users not afraid of the power button.

Kidding aside a custom app would be sweet.

[Gal]

I couldn’t make the shortcut work on my A5C8.

In any case, I found a nice open source app that pretty much covers my needs.

It’s called GreenShot

Just make sure to right-click the taskbar and select “show all notification icons” so you can use the app.  It has some useful features like taking full screenshot, taking window screenshot, part of screen like snipping and even a small editor that lets you, for example, blur personal details in a screenshot .

[Anonymous]

Good find. Can anyone else with an A5C8 confirm that my screenshot tip only works on the A5C6? I would like to add it to my Tips and Tricks thread but I want to know if it works with both versions before I post it.

Max

[Alexandra]

So when you do it, does the screen turn off? Did every time I tried (since I was hitting power, after all).

I did check My Pictures or whatnot, nothing there. I did move the folder off the C drive, if that is a factor. But I think the cap hotkey just didn’t work on mine (A5C6).

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