Greenshot: It is a free and open-source screenshot program for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Thomas Braun, Jens Kingen, and Robin Krom and Published by GNU General Public License. In this tutorial, we are going to learn the simple and useful keyboard shortcuts available for the Greenshot App. Let’s see them below!!
Last updated on Dec 28, 2020.
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Screen Capturing Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Print Screen | It is used to capture fullscreen |
| Alt+Print Screen | This shortcut key will help to capture the window |
| Shift+Print Screen | Helps to capture the last region |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Print Screen | Used to capture the Internet Explorer |
Drawing Shapes Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| R | It shows the rectangle shape |
| E | Used to draw the ellipse |
| L | Helps to draw the line |
| A | This shortcut key will help to show the arrow |
| F | Used to draw freehand |
| Shift | Hold down while clicking elements to select multiple elements |
| Shift | Helps to draw equilateral shapes (e.g. force a rectangle to be a square), hold down while drawing |
| Shift | You can hold this key to maintain the existing object’s aspect ratio while resizing |
| Ctrl | Hold down to have the object anchored in its geometrical middle |
Exporting Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+S | It is used to save the image to a file |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Helps to choose the location and name to save the file |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | This shortcut key will help to copy the image to the clipboard |
| Ctrl+P | Used to send the image to the printer |
| Ctrl+E | It opens a new message in the default email client, add the image as an attachment |
Other Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| T | It is used to text tool |
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This shortcut key will help to edit the text |
| Enter | It will help to finish the editing |
| Shift+A | It will help to insert the line break |
From this tutorial, you can get to know the simple and useful keyboard shortcuts available for the Greenshot app. Hope you like this article. If you have any doubts, feel free to share it with us.