A friend shared with me about a neat little program included in Windows 7 & 8.It is called "Snipping Tool", you can find it by doing a search from your start button or search box. When you find it, I would recommend right clicking and select "pin to task bar", since I know you will be using it a lot.When you open the program it allows you to select any part of your desktop by holding down the left button and drawing the box to save it as a picture. You can also click on the highlight pen to highlight the exact item you want people to see.I think it might help a lot of people to make their point in a more visual manner.Try it for yourself.IMO, this is the best kept secret in Windows and the best part it is FREE!!Let me know if you agree...Thanks,Terry

I agree. I use it to snip recipes out of Facebook, among other things.

I tried to open my WIN7 SNIPPING TOOL up and it says it isn't working now contact your IT admin guy...Guess I will google WIN7 snipping tool and see what happensI always did a screen capture by holding down the ALT key then select PRINT SCREEN. This saves the screen selected in memory so you can open it up using PAINT. Then you can crop it add notes to it etc...This is what I get using ALT PRT SCREEN-opening up PAINT and pasting in-then crop and select all and copy..Then use IMGUR with CTRL V - then click on DIRECT LINK and save HTTP link addres - Then add to RV NET image maker to get this added photo ALMOST CLICK CLICKRoy Ken

What I like is I can snip pictures from websites when I want to save a picture for my own use. Please observe peoples copyrights.

RoyB wrote: I always did a screen capture by holding down the ALT key then select PRINT SCREEN. This saves the screen selected in memory so you can open it up using PAINT. Then you can crop it add notes to it etc...Roy KenThis was the old way everyone had to do and it takes awhile. Hopefully you can get the admin rights to open the program.

Snipping tool is a great feature, but has been around since 2007 and debuted in Vista.

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wa8yxm
Explorer III
May 11, 2014
Done, thank you.. I may have uses for it. Epically since I can not post photos here.
mockturtle
Explorer II
May 11, 2014
It is more selective than 'Save image' and is faster to use. Great app! Thanks for the tip.
trnfla
Explorer
May 11, 2014
rk911 wrote:
trnfla wrote:
What I like is I can snip pictures from websites when I want to save a picture for my own use. Please observe peoples copyrights.

that's nothing new. right click any image and select 'save picture as'.

Sorry RK but some websites restrict the save picture as settings.
RoyB
Explorer II
May 11, 2014
I still can't get access to the SNIPPING TOOL. I see it listed and followed all the things GOOGLE said to do to enable it.

After reading up on it it only takes a screen shot of what ever you want to capture and assigns a JPG and whatever name you want to name it. You will still have to goto a program like IMGUR to get a HTTP address assigned to the filename before you can add to a image post anyway. It would only save me one step doing it the ALT -PRINT SCREEN way here for me. I can also add NOTES and arrows etc using the paint program before I save it or copy it which is usually what I do. Then I can delete the JPG by not saving it after I have sent it IMGUR.

Have no idea why either one of ADM OWNERS here on our WIN7 Home Premium can't access it to use, SNIPPING TOOL shows up on the start button just fine but says we don't have permission to open it up.

PROPERTIES for SNIPPING TOOL says we have FULL PERMISSION...

I don't think it will really help me here that much anyway anyway... Maybe save one step in my process of sending captured screen shot photo's.

Thanks for the tips anyway...

Roy Ken
bob213
Explorer
May 11, 2014
Thanks, it's been pinned to my start menu since I got this computer and I was too lazy to figure out what it was.
lasttruck
Explorer
May 11, 2014
Nice tool.

Thanks.
Dutch_12078
Explorer II
May 11, 2014
Altern wrote:
Yawn, humph ...Its Command/Shift/4 on a Mac.
Been that-a-way for years, grasshopper....:C

Does Command/Shift/4 let you select between a full-screen, window, rectangular, or free-form capture? The Windows Snipping Tool does...
Altern
Explorer
May 11, 2014
Yawn, humph ...Its Command/Shift/4 on a Mac.
Been that-a-way for years, grasshopper....:C
2oldman
Explorer II
May 11, 2014
Prnt Scrn, open Paint, paste. Been around a long time.
rk911
Explorer
May 11, 2014
trnfla wrote:
What I like is I can snip pictures from websites when I want to save a picture for my own use. Please observe peoples copyrights.

that's nothing new. right click any image and select 'save picture as'.

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