In windows 7,you can use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any objects on your screen, and then annotate or save, or share this image.
Snipping Tool supports the following types of snips:
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Free-form Snip. Draw a free-form shape around an object.
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Rectangular Snip. Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
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Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.
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Full-screen Snip. Capture the entire screen.
After you capture a snip, it’s automatically copied to the Clipboard and the mark-up window. From the mark-up window, you can annotate, save, or share the snip. The following procedures explain how to use Snipping Tool.
Below is an example of how to capture a snip of a menu:
1.Go to Start (the Orb) ,input snipping in the search field then click snipping tool
2.After you open Snipping Tool, press Esc, and then open the menu that you want to capture.
3.Press Ctrl+PrtScn
4.Click the arrow next to the New button, select Free-form Snip, Rectangular Snip, Window Snip, or Full-screen Snip from the list, and then select the area of your screen that you want to capture.
5.Annotate and save this snip
hello,
I have windows 7 and there is no snipping tool under the programs, neither any search would find it…
help me please?
Thank you very much
Just go to START, and type in “Snipping” in the search bar that’s already there
It should be the only result
Hope I helped
Fantastic… I used Cropper on XP before I moved to Windows 7 and was hoping something like this would be available, I use it a lot. Great Tool.
It is NOWHERE on this new computer which has Windows 7. Please tell me where to download this as it’s essential.
thanks for the info, I have win 7 pro, and this is great, love it. snip snip away
Hi Guys,
I was also looking for it…Couldn’t find it until I realized that my Dutch Windows 7 calls it “knipprogramma”!!! This tool name is translated for localized Windows….
The problem with snipping tool is you can’t capture a menu. For instance, trying to guide a person remotely and right clicked on a file. Want to capture the image with the resulting menu, but moving to click on snipping tool causes the menu to close. Any way around it?
hi guys, i wonder if there is any chance to record the screen as a sequence? … a simple screenshot can be done by ctrl+print. so nothing very special.
i need to record my screen in good quality for a tutorial. hd if possible.
thx for any help.
andre fritz
p.s. thx for comments like: use a mac and quicktime … i know… i know. dell-windos7-help needed.
Actually there is a way to capture menu using snipping tool.
1. Open snipping tool, if it is already open press New
2. Press Esc. Now open the menu for example, right-click a file to open the right-click menu
3. Press CTRL+PRINT SCREEN
4. Voila use your mouse to snip the menu
I’m pretty much impressed with the stability of Windows 7. It is better than windows Vista which hogs my memory and cpu.`.,
How do you print the snip when using the snip it tool???
Windows 7 Starter is the dumbest operating system ever created!!!! Doesn’t have ANY good programs pre-installed like this snipping tool. WTF?! Micr$oft, I’m going back to Linux!
I would prefer it there was a keyboard shortcut for this tool (like on a mac) but at least the functionality is there. But I do agree the “sniping tool” should NOT have to be looked up to be found. However helpful the search function is, it should be listed under the list of programs.