How to Use Snipping Tool (Beginners Guide)
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Date: 2020-05-09
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Comments and reviews: 10
Jason
I used + to capture a window and + to capture the full screen for decades (yes, that functionality has been in Windows longer than I can remember). Snipping tool helped me cut out the need to open paint and select the piece that I really wanted captured. My main complaint is that activating it closes any menus you have open, so you can't really use it efficiently for making a step-by-step, illustrated walk-through of tasks. I end up capturing my screen as a movie and snipping from screenshots of the movie which is terribly inefficient. Guess I should look at a third-party snipping tool.
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I used + to capture a window and + to capture the full screen for decades (yes, that functionality has been in Windows longer than I can remember). Snipping tool helped me cut out the need to open paint and select the piece that I really wanted captured. My main complaint is that activating it closes any menus you have open, so you can't really use it efficiently for making a step-by-step, illustrated walk-through of tasks. I end up capturing my screen as a movie and snipping from screenshots of the movie which is terribly inefficient. Guess I should look at a third-party snipping tool.
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Marc
Damn, I've been using PC's since the early 90's, and I thought I knew just about everything that came with Windows. But I did not know about this snipping tool, though I've seen the icon before. I've been using Hypersnap; it has a few more capabilities, including the ability to capture a scrolling window larger than the screen and also writing text on a captured image, but this is a great free tool.
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Damn, I've been using PC's since the early 90's, and I thought I knew just about everything that came with Windows. But I did not know about this snipping tool, though I've seen the icon before. I've been using Hypersnap; it has a few more capabilities, including the ability to capture a scrolling window larger than the screen and also writing text on a captured image, but this is a great free tool.
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PJFSr
Though this is for windows, people using linux also have this feature built in. Print screen captures the whole screen, shift + print screen turns cursor into cross hair and you can do a selection, there is also shutter, Gimp etc. and if you use the Vivaldi browser, it's built in on status bar, allows whole window, page or selection, save as png, or jpeg and saves in Vivaldi capture folder .
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Though this is for windows, people using linux also have this feature built in. Print screen captures the whole screen, shift + print screen turns cursor into cross hair and you can do a selection, there is also shutter, Gimp etc. and if you use the Vivaldi browser, it's built in on status bar, allows whole window, page or selection, save as png, or jpeg and saves in Vivaldi capture folder .
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Mo
Thanks for this. I have used the tool for ages but can t for the life of me get the delay option to work for capturing a pop-out menu ... as soon as I click to open the pop-out the Snipping Tool has captured the screen or window! Wish you had covered the delay option
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Thanks for this. I have used the tool for ages but can t for the life of me get the delay option to work for capturing a pop-out menu ... as soon as I click to open the pop-out the Snipping Tool has captured the screen or window! Wish you had covered the delay option
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sheltomlee
I like this tool, but I need to be able to highlight an area on the image I snip, and then be able to make readable notations, sometimes with arrows. I can use the drawing tool to do this somewhat, but it looks like a child's crayon. Any ideas?
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I like this tool, but I need to be able to highlight an area on the image I snip, and then be able to make readable notations, sometimes with arrows. I can use the drawing tool to do this somewhat, but it looks like a child's crayon. Any ideas?
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TechGumbo
If you require more screen capture features than what is included with the Snipping Tool, Greenshot and Lightshot are both great 3rd party alternatives that I have recommended in the past. Thanks for watching :)
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If you require more screen capture features than what is included with the Snipping Tool, Greenshot and Lightshot are both great 3rd party alternatives that I have recommended in the past. Thanks for watching :)
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steph
i love most of your videos, but to be honest, i thought this was going to be boring,sarcastically i was saying the snipping tool, ohhh , but,as usual, you did a great job keeping me entertained,thanks tech gumbo
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i love most of your videos, but to be honest, i thought this was going to be boring,sarcastically i was saying the snipping tool, ohhh , but,as usual, you did a great job keeping me entertained,thanks tech gumbo
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Phil
Thanks! Wasn't aware of the Snipping Tool. I always just used Print Screen and pasted into GIMP and did all my editing there. Looks like it would be a whole lot easier with the Snipping Tool.
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Thanks! Wasn't aware of the Snipping Tool. I always just used Print Screen and pasted into GIMP and did all my editing there. Looks like it would be a whole lot easier with the Snipping Tool.
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Maggie
I will have to watch this a few times more before I get what the snipping tool is! Too much tech speak for me! I am guessing that I could choose how much of a page I want in a screenshot?
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I will have to watch this a few times more before I get what the snipping tool is! Too much tech speak for me! I am guessing that I could choose how much of a page I want in a screenshot?
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Jimaro
My task bar has snipping tool, notepad, control panel, settings, character map ... so learning how to make short cut keys is very useful (running out of space). Thanks!
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My task bar has snipping tool, notepad, control panel, settings, character map ... so learning how to make short cut keys is very useful (running out of space). Thanks!
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