There are lots of reasons why you might want to grab a clipping of the whole or part of your screen.\u00a0 Whether you are writing instructions for a handbook or a procedure, or just trying to capture an error message to pass on to your local support person.<\/p>\n
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Both Windows and Mac operating systems have built in screen clipping functionality.<\/p>\n
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Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n To invoke screen clipping on a Windows 10 or 11 system press the Windows, Shift and S keys at the same time.\u00a0 You will be presented with a floating bar which allows you to choose to clip the whole screen, or you can click and hold the left mouse button while selectig the area to “clip”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once clipped you can choose to open the clipping in an editor where you can add ink and highlighter marks, and you can save your clipping as a picture file for later use.\u00a0 You can also copy your edited clip including inking and paste that into a document or email.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Find out more about Windows screen clipping on Microsoft’s support pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mac OS<\/strong><\/p>\n You can grab the whole screen by using the Command, Shift and 3 keys at the same time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you just want to select part of a screen then press Command, Shift and 4 at the same time, then use the mouse cursor to select the area that you wish to clip.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n