Method 5: Double-click the top button of your Surface Pen to take a screenshot of your desktop. The screen will be saved to OneDrive as described in Method 3.

Method 4: To take a screenshot of just the active window on your screen, hold down the Alt key and press PrtScn. But instead of saving your screenshot to the Screenshots folder of your Pictures library on “This PC,” it will be saved in the Screenshots folder of your Pictures library on OneDrive. Method 3: You can also just press the PrtScn by itself. The screen will be saved to the Screenshots folder described in Method 1. Method 2: If your typecover has a PrtScn key, you can also take a screenshot by holding down the Windows key on your keyboard and pressing PrtScn. The screen will dim briefly as the screen is recorded and saved to the Screenshots folder of your Pictures library under “This PC.”

Method 1: The fastest way to take a screenshot on your Surface 3 device is to hold down the Windows logo on the front of the device and then push the volume-down button. Surprisingly, there are just as many ways to take a screenshot, depending on which Windows 10 Surface device you have. Whether it’s sharing a screen from a game, recording an image of your desktop, or snapping a photo of a Skype session, there are many reasons to take screenshots on your Surface. Here’s our quick-and-easy guide to recording screenshots on your Surface or Surface Book.

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