This tutorial will help you to take screenshot on Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat". We will do it using built-in screenshot feature. You can take whole desktop, a window, a free selection, as well as screencast (video recording) with or without showing mouse cursor. We hope this benefits you especially when you are writing articles about Ubuntu like us The Ubuntu Buzz. Thank you Ubuntu, Canonical and GNOME Projects for making this feature awesome and useful. Now let's try it out! 

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Take Whole Desktop Screenshot

PrintScreen + Select Screen Option (middle) + Enter

(Picture: showing Ubuntu screenshot options | This is useful if you want to display a screen completely including all running apps and tools)

Take A Window Screenshot

PrintScreen + Select Window Option (right) + Enter

(Picture: showing Ubuntu screenshot options with "Window" selected | This is useful if you want to take only one application or game currently running without anything else)

Take A Free Region Screenshot

PrintScreen + Click Selection Option (left) + Make A Selection with Mouse + Enter

 (Picture: showing Ubuntu screenshot options with "Selection" selected | This is useful if you want to take only a certain part of your screen more specific than a window)

Take A Screencast (Video Recording)

PrintScreen + Select Camera Option (left) + Enter 

(Picture: showing Ubuntu screenshot options with "Camera" selected and capture button turns red | This will save the video as WEBM (.webm) format file in the Videos in Screencast folder)

Take Screenshot Showing Mouse Cursor

PrintScreen + Select Pointer Option (right) + Enter 

(Picture: showing Ubuntu screenshot options with "Show Pointer" enabled | This is useful to make educational, tutorial screenshots because all mentioned methods above do not show pointer unless this option is enabled)

Location of PrintScreen Key

The PrintScreen button is located on the top area usually near Scroll Lock button of a regular keyboard. On some specific keyboard like found on ThinkPads, PrintScreen button is located on the bottom area between Alt and Ctrl buttons. See picture below for example. It is located right after F12 key.

(Picture: a regular keyboard | By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39981862)

See Also 

How To Install Shutter Advanced, Feature-Rich Screenshot Tool on Ubuntu

References

GNOME User Guide Documentation for Screenshot and Screencast