Discover a couple of ways to use it and how to control where your screenshots end up.

Then tap on theScreen captureoption to launch the screen snipping tool.

Keyboard Shortcut

An even quicker method is to use one ofChromeOS’s many keyboard shortcuts.

Snipping Tool application open on a laptop keyboard background.

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To kick off the snipping tool pressShift + Ctrl + Show Windows.

TheShow Windowskey is the one with a stack of rectangles on it, representing a bunch of windows.

you might still use this key in the same way, but you might need to pressfn + F5.

Select Screen Capture from ChromeOS quick settings

Click and drag the crosshair over the area of the screen that you want to grab.

When you’re happy, click theCaptureoption in the middle of the highlighted area.

The snipped screenshot will appear in a preview window in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Chromebook keyboard with Show All Windows Key highlighted

Double-punch the screenshot filename or preview the image to open it.

To do so, pressCtrl + Alt + Show Windowsfor the snipping tool on your Chromebook.

Its easy to change the folder where they are saved, however.

ChromeOS screen capture an area option

With the snipping tool open, click onSettings(cog icon) >Select folder.

Choose the folder you want; any screenshots you take from now on will be saved there.

Screenshots aresaved as PNG fileswith a timestamped name.

ChromeOS selecting screen area to capture

Getting practical with your new Chromebook unit is the best way to learn more about it.

ChromeOS screen area captured

ChromeOS screen capture a window

ChromeOS screen-captured window

Changing the default screenshots folder in ChromeOS