Need to capture part of your screen? This free snipping tool will change your life
<p><em><strong>Lisa Du is director of <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://readytechgo.com.au/" target="_blank">ReadyTechGo</a></span>, a service that helps people gain the confidence and skills to embrace modern technology. </strong></em></p>
<p>The other day a client asked me how they could save some information from a PDF document. The information they wanted to save contained text and images, and they wanted to save this, and use it in a report they were creating using Microsoft Word.</p>
<p>What's the quickest way to capture part of your screen?</p>
<p><strong>Introducing the Windows Snipping Tool</strong></p>
<p>Using the tool, you can capture any of the following types of snips:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Free-form snip</strong> - Where you can draw a free-form shape around an object. For example, if I wanted to snip a basketball from a picture, and paste it into another file</li>
<li><strong>Rectangular snip</strong> - Where you drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle (the type of snip I use most)</li>
<li><strong>Window snip</strong> - Where you can select a window, or a window of a internet page you are viewing, and capture that window</li>
<li><strong>Full-screen snip</strong> - Capture your entire screen</li>
</ul>
<p>Once you have captured your snip, it is automatically captured into the Snipping Tool window, where you can annotate (draw on the snip), save it or share the snip.</p>
<p><strong>How to use the snipping tool:</strong></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WINDOWS 10 USERS:</span></p>
<p>1. Click the Start button (bottom left corner of your screen)</p>
<p>2. Type snipping tool in the search box on the taskbar, and then select Snipping Tool from the list of results</p>
<p><strong>SAVE IT</strong></p>
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<p>Once you have your snip, you will be able to save the snip as a file.</p>
<p>1. Click File</p>
<p>2. Choose Save As...</p>
<p>3. Pick a location to save the file in, give it a name, and click Save.</p>
<p>The snipping tool is very handy. I use it to snip information I found on the internet, or to snip information from PDFs.</p>
<p>Try it, and let us know what you think!</p>
