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Windows Vista Tools - Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool is for capturing a portion of the screen in order to save it as an image in various file formats. In other words, Snipping Tool is a screen capture tool that is available with Windows Vista.

You can find the Snipping Tool application within the Accessories of the Vista OS.

Or you can click the Start button on the Start Menu and type "Snipping Tool" in the search box where "Start Search" is written by default.

You will see as you type the name snipping that in the results pane under Programs items a short-cut to Snipping Tool appears.

If this is the first time you are using the Snipping Tool, a confirmation dialog screen is displayed asking you whether you want the Snipping Tool placed on the QuickLaunch bar.

If you click Yes, you will see that an application icon is created on the LaunchBar as a short-cut to the Snipping Tool.

When you click the Snipping Tool icon the menu of the application will be displayed. If you click on the dropdown list arrow beside the New icon, you will be able to make a selection among
Free-form Snip
Rectangular Snip
Window Snip
Full-screen Snip

Window Snip is generally what I use so I selected this for my case. Then where ever you move the mouse over, a red border arround available windows of applications will be displayed and when you click on the screen this means that you have selected the window you want to capture. This captured image will be displayed in the Snipping Tool.

Window Capture

The tool also provides additional options for editing the content. You have a pen, a highlighter and an eraser to edit the captured image manually. You can send the image via e-mail as an attachment also by using the Send Snip button on the top menu.

You can save the captured image in various formats including .png (Portable Network Graphics file), .gif, .jpg, and html file formats.

Snipping Tool

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