Charles,
Before there was the snipping tool (now, "snip and sketch"), there was PrintScreen ("PRT SC" on my keyboard). It captures the entire screen and puts it in the clipboard, so you have to paste it into something ("MS Paint" in the old days). It still works, and based on my testing just now, will capture the snipping screen overlay. Thus:
Press Windows-Shift-S, and then when you are ready, press PrintScreen. Then just paste the screenshot into the graphics program of choice and crop if you wish.
Hope that helps,
Erich
On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 13:39, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed:
> My esteemed listmatees,
>
> I'm preparing a live event program for those in our public community who
> want to learn some of the very basics of Windows and Word.
>
> Very basic.
>
> They learn best with big pictures not YT videos.
>
> I'm preparing a handout which includes the screen capture of Windows logo
> key + Shift + S.
>
> But how do I capture that capture screen with the little blue screen to
> include in a graphic in the handout?
>
> Describing those instructions in text won't be enough for them. They need
> to look at a handout and see in that hand out exactly what they should see
> on screen.
>
> Once I press all those keys I can't do a screen capture of a screen capture.
>
> I can't activate the Snipping Tool and when I press the logo key + the Fn
> key + the Printscreen key on my laptop it captures nothing.
>
> I did find an image on that Googling but under Google Photos even ones
> which say they're free cna turn out to be IP protected.
>
> This is Not the Snipping Tool but screen capture so they can see that
> little blue screen so they know to grab that with a mouse and draw over
> which areas on screen they wish to capture to the clipboard?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Charles.
>
> Charles Meyer
> Port Charlotte Public Library
