Capture the entire screen window is very easy, only press the “PrtScn” (print screen)on the keyboard. However want to take screen shots of a window or an element on the window such as the window frame, scroll bar, open menu, window control button, toolbar, and title? Please follow the below to do, you will take screen shots of your windows which you want the selected window.

Step 1: Download and install PCHand Screen Capture

Step 2: Double click the icon and run PCHand Screen Capture

Step 3: Open any window which you want to capture ,such as

http://www.screen-capture-record.com/

Step 4:Click the “Window” in Capture Profiles

Step 5: Choose any one option which you want to output from the“Output”. For example

Step 6:Press  or press the capture hotkey. And then a red rectangle appears. Move the rectangle to choose a window which you want to capture. Finally click to complete the capture and the screenshot is sent to the selected Output.

Tip 1:The step 4 you can also choose the “ActiveWindow” from the “Input”

Tip 2:If you want to capture screenshot of a scrolling window, you choose “scrolling window” in the third step. More detail see guide how to capture scrolling window.

Tip 3: Want to take a screen shot of an active window, you select “Active Window” from the “Output” or choose “Active Window” in the Capture Profiles in the step 4. Please visit

How to capture screenshot of an active window

Tip 4:if you want to direct output to the word/powerpoint/email ect, you could set suitable “output” options .

window to an image with pchand screen capture.

As we all know, capture a screenshot of your desktop screen is very simple just as long as press the PrtScn (print screen) key on your Windows keyboard. Then paste it into the graphic program, you will get a screenshot of the desktop screen. However, the active window if you want to capture a screenshot? These steps show you how to capture screenshot of an active window with PCHand Screen capture.

Here’s how:

1. Open an active window which you want to capture ,such as pchand screen recorder window
2. Download and launch PCHand Screen Capture
3. Choose the “Active Window” in Capture Profiles or select the “ActiveWindow” from the “Input”.for example:
4. Select any one option which you want to output from the“Output”. For example

5.Click  and move the curscor to the active window which you want to capture

6.When the cursor is exposed to the active window, you will immediately receive Screenshot of an active window.

Tip 1:If you want to capture screenshot of a scrolling window, you choose “scrolling window” in the third step. More detail see guide how to capture scrolling window.

Tip 2:if you want to direct output to the word/powerpoint/email ect, you could set suitable “output” options .

Tip 3: Want to edit screenshot of an active window, please visit how to edit captured images