Step 5: Hit Ctrl + S shortcut on your keyboard to save the screenshot. Step 4: The screenshot you captured will be pasted into Paint from the Windows Clipboard. Step 3: Immediately paste the image into Paint using Ctrl + V keyboard shortcut or tapping the Paste icon at the top-left corner of the app. Step 2: Type Paint in the Search box and launch the Microsoft Paint app.
Step 1: Capture your screen using holding the Windows + PrtSc shortcut. Convert Using Microsoft PaintĪside from using Microsoft Paint to edit images, the software could also be used to save screenshots as JPG and other formats. Check out the differences between the two formats in the link below. Fun Fact : JPG and PNG are the most commonly used image formats in the world.