Take a screenshot on your device iPhone It’s easy: just press the volume up button and the side button at the same time. You can even Ask Siri to take a screenshot For you if you are so inclined. But what if you need to capture a larger portion of a web page, a text string, or something that needs a little extra space that a standard screenshot allows? This is where full page screenshots come in.
Full page screenshots require only a few more steps than the standard method, and there are some limitations when it comes to saving them in the file format you want. Below we’ll explain how to take a scrollable screenshot and what guardrails are in place that will give you the results you’re looking for.
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What is a full page screenshot?
A full-page screenshot, or scrollable screenshot, captures an entire page—a web page, document, or email—without having to take multiple screenshots and then stitch them together. For example, if you want to take a screenshot of a 116-page document in Safari, you only have to take one screenshot to capture the entire document.
How to take a full page screenshot on your iPhone
To take a scrollable screenshot, do the following:
1. Firstly, Take a regular screenshot on your iPhone. Quickly press the Side button and Volume Up button.
2. Click on Screenshot preview Which appears in the lower left corner. It appears for about five seconds, so be quick.
3. Next, go to Full page option. You’ll see a preview of the fully scrollable screenshot on the right, as well as a larger preview in the middle. You have tools to crop the screenshot, in case it is too long. When you’re finished editing, press finished.
4. Finally, click Save PDF to files or Save in pictures (if available) to save the screenshot.
If you’re saving the screenshot to Files, you must choose a folder to save it to. By default, the Files app will select the last folder you saved something in or the Downloads folder.
Saving long screenshots may seem a bit counter-intuitive
Previously, you could only save long screenshots as PDF files. And this is still somewhat true – depending on the length of the screenshot.
The most obvious way to know if a scrollable screenshot can be saved to your photo reel is to just check by performing step 4 above. The option to save screenshot of your photos will either be there or it will not be there. The other way to find out is to look at the screen overview on the right after clicking on the full page screenshot option.
If the length of your screenshot exceeds the length of your phone’s screen, you will only be able to save it as a PDF file. If it doesn’t, you should be able to save it to your photos. Apple Support page It does not specify exact parameters, but this is a good rule to follow.
In practice, taking full-page screenshots can sometimes seem a bit messy and not very Apple-like, but once you understand what you can and can’t do, it’s easy to work within the parameters.
The general thumbnail of the screenshot on the right will determine the file type it can be saved as.
Where do you find long screenshots?
As mentioned above, very long screenshots are automatically converted into PDF files, so they are saved in the native Files app. To view the scrollable screenshot, open the Files app, go to the folder where the screenshot is saved, and then tap Screenshot.
Here you can rename the file, draw on it, leave comments, and more. You can also share the scrollable screenshot, but the other person must have other files or a PDF reader to view it.
If you saved your screenshot in the Photos app, this is where you can expect to find it.
All scrollable screenshots are in the Files app.
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