Windows screen capture snipping tool

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Free-form snip. Rectangular snip. Window snip. Enables you to take snapshots of your entire screen, specified regions or a selected window, as well as save and edit the resulting pictures.

Takes desktop screenshots whenever an event occurs, enabling you to focus on what you are doing, instead of taking snapshots manually. When the Snipping Tool application starts and you click New , your screen will become cloudy and the Snipping Tool popup application screen shown below will appear. Instead, press the ESC button on your keyboard. Your screen should immediately clear up, looking like nothing is happening, except that the Snipping Tool popup application should still be visible.

Click on the Current Font to make the font window drop down. Next, press the Ctrl — PrintScr combination on your keyboard press and hold down the Ctrl key while reaching for and pressing the Print Scrn key; then let go of both keys simultaneously.

The screen should immediately go cloudy again. This time though the popup menu should still be visible on the screen. Microsoft Localization. Microsoft PnP. Healthcare and Life Sciences. Internet of Things IoT. Enabling Remote Work. Small and Medium Business. Humans of IT. Green Tech. MVP Award Program. Video Hub Azure. Microsoft Business. Microsoft Enterprise.

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