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Screenshots are complicated!

Anonymous
2025-05-21T23:54:14+00:00

I've just purchased a Surface Laptop 7. I'm loving it, except that it seems unbelievably complicated trying to take a screenshot and then paste it. I'm used to hitting Print Screen, then Ctrl-V to paste it into a document. (I don't want to use the snipping tool - I do the editing in another application. ALSO note that there is no Print Screen button on the Surface Laptop 7 - contrary to the unhelpful info provided in a google search.) Can you tell me how I can simply screenshot and then simply paste that screenshot into a document?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-22T07:58:42+00:00

    i stand corrected for this comment

    on a Surface laptop 7 the F8 is the print screen key, the user need to turn on the Fn button, then press the Windows Key + F8 to take a screenshot

    Please try it

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-22T10:41:33+00:00

    Thanks yes, it turns out that the Surface Laptop has a Print Screen key like it's predecessors - it's just not labeled as that. Windows + F8 does it, then you can do Ctrl + V and paste, same as always.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-22T03:17:07+00:00

    Hi Stephen,

    You can certainly use the Snipping tool or the Snipping key on the keyboard to copy the image to your clipboard to paste wherever you want, no editing is required in the Snipping tool.

    However, if you want to take a screen shot via the keyboard keys, there are options listed at Take a screenshot or record your screen on Surface - Microsoft Support that may assist you, like this:

    Place a screenshot of your active window into the Windows clipboard.

    • Press the Fnbutton****+ Altbutton + Spacebar​​​​​​​ at the same time

    Hope this helps,

    Greg

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-22T02:34:53+00:00

    Hey there! My name is Jason one of your Team here in Microsoft Community Just like you i am also helping our Community by sharing thoughts and ideas.

    actually no option for that Stephen, if you do Print screen you must snip it

    best regards

    Jason

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