How to Record Your Screen in Windows 11/10

Recording the screen on your Microsoft Windows computer can sometimes seem very important. You can use it for a multitude of purposes and so it is useful to have the necessary tools at hand. Luckily for you, some inbuilt utilities provide screen recording feature in Windows 11/10. In this article, we will look at 3 ways to record your screen in Windows 11/10.

ContentsHow to record your screen in Windows 11/10?1]Record screen using Xbox Game Bar2]Record screen using PowerPoint3]Record screen using ShareXHow to make a capture screen to PC?How do I save a print screen to PDF?

How to record your screen in Windows 11/10?

1. Record screen using Xbox Game Bar
2. Record screen using PowerPoint
3. Record screen using ShareX

1]Recording screen using Xbox Game Bar

Xbox Game Bar is built-in by default in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Among the many features, it offers the screen recording feature. This feature is primarily intended for gamers to record clips of their gameplay, but it can be used very well by anyone to record the computer screen.

One limitation you need to keep in mind is that you can only record the screen of a particular app using this feature. So a screencast that may involve you going through multiple windows on a browser will not pass. Here's how you can use it.

• Open the program you want to record and open it for the screen recorder to pick it up
• Search for Xbox Game Bar in the taskbar search menu and open it
• Here, click the save button in the upper left corner
• You will then find that your recording has started, with its timeline prompt in the upper right corner of the screen, so you can monitor the duration of the screen recording.
• Once the recording is finished, click on the square icon to stop it

If you want to access this recording, open Xbox Game Bar again and select View All Captures. This will put in front of you the list of all recordings. Here you can view the video(s), delete them or open them in their saved folder.

2]Record the screen using PowerPoint

Xbox Game Bar is a lesser-known utility and hence most people resort to PowerPoint. PowerPoint also has a built-in recording feature, which helps you record your computer screen as a slide show. Here's how:

• Open PowerPoint and then click to open a blank presentation
• Click on the Insert tab and select Screen Recording in the Media section
• This will take you to the last open application, so make sure the work you want to save is the last thing you open before PowerPoint
• Click the Select area box in the small strip of available options and move your cursor over the area you want to record
• Once selected, click on the red-colored record button
• Once done, select the blue square button to stop recording

After exiting the recording screen, you will find that the screen recording you just made has been copied to a slide in the open PowerPoint file. You can now save it as a media file on your computer by right-clicking it and selecting Save Media As.

Most of the time, both of these tools do a fairly good job of recording screens on Windows, but in case you are not satisfied, there is freeware that provides the same service. One of them is ShareX.

3]Recording screen using ShareX

ShareX is a free screen capture app. You can use it to take screenshots in MP4 or GIF format. Here's how you can use it:

• Open ShareX on your PC and click Capture in the options to your left. This will present you with a drop-down list where you can choose to record the screen to MP4 or GIF
• Select the area you want to save, just like you did with PowerPoint. If you are not satisfied with the selected part and want to record another area of ​​the screen, you can also move in the box
• To capture a particular window, hover over it and click it
• Click Stop to stop recording. You can then choose to save the recording or delete it (abandon)

Windows may ask permission before installing the app, citing the fact that it's not an official source, but you can confidently confirm that.

Here are some other free desktop recording and screen recording software for Windows that you might be interested in.

How to take a screenshot on a PC?

Taking a screenshot on Windows, on the other hand, is a much easier task. On your computer keyboard is a button called ‘prt sc’ which is short for print screen. Clicking it once captures the screen and copies it to your clipboard. You can then save it locally or edit it via Paint or a third-party image editor. There are several popular free screen capture software out there, like the Snipping Tool. Even ShareX described above can help you take screenshots easily.

How do I save a print-screen as a PDF?

If you have a particular request where the screenshot you capture needs to be saved in a particular format, there are tools in place for that as well. Online tools like FastStone Capture and browser extensions like Webpage Screenshot make it very easy to copy a screenshot to your clipboard or save it as a PowerPoint, PDF, Word, etc. file. in a click or two. You can also save screenshots in PDF format using the Photos app.

We hope this helps!