Episode 4 - Snipping Tool

All,

This week’s Tech Tip is about my absolute favorite built in tool in Windows, the Snipping Tool. I use this tool all the time and is how I quickly add “screenshots” from the computer screen into my emails.

Here’s what you do. Click the Windows button, or tap the Windows key on your keyboard, and start typing the word “snipping”. You only need to type a few letters, and “Snipping Tool” should appear in the Best Match section of the menu. Open it.

Now, use the little + button to take a snip. Your screen will freeze and dim and your mouse will turn into crosshairs. Now, click and hold the mouse button and drag a box around the item on your screen you want to capture. As soon as you release the mouse, your snip will appear in a new window. You can then select several tools to work with the image(my favorites are the red pen and yellow highlighter). You can adjust these tools by clicking on them. Changing the color and size is pretty simple. Once the picture is how you want it, you can save it, or better yet, copy it to your clipboard, then paste it right into the document you are working on.