Drag and drop screenshot thumbnail into a document, will it be saved?

You could also change the options so that the screenshots go directly to the clipboard, and paste them.

Of course then you would have to paste each one before making the next screenshot, otherwise you’d lose the clipboard contents.

To try it, press command-shift-5, click Options and choose Clipboard. If you later decide against it just do the same again and choose a different option.

Q_ruiyu wrote:

After I took a screenshot, if I wait for the thumbnail to disappear, then the screenshot will be saved onto my Desktop. However, if I dragged the screenshot into any applications when the thumbnail is still floating, then the screenshot was never saved onto my Desktop. So then does that still create a copy anywhere on my laptop?

With just a little bit of trial and error & experimentation you can figure out what works best for you.

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They should remain where they are on your Desktop. Dragging them into an app would normally create a copy of the image to store with the document.

You would have to delete them after you put them into the document.

Note that it is possible for an app to "link" to the actual document and not embed it, so you would need to ask the developer how it works on their app.