Note that the Snipping tool does not support multi-monitor systems. If you tap the Save As button, be sure to save the image in a common graphic format, such as JPG, so that other applications can use the file easily. If you choose to copy to the Clipboard, you can then paste the image into any number of applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The email created when I tapped the Email button after snipping and inking. For example, Figure 13.12 shows what happened after I snipped a section of a Web page, made an ink comment (outside the snipped section), and then tapped the Email button on the Snipping Tool toolbar.

Any ink you add after selecting the portion to snip will be saved as well, regardless of where you added the ink. When you're finished, tap either the Save As, Email, or Copy Image to Clipboard button to save, send, or copy the contents of the snip and the ink you added. You can then add ink.Īs soon as you snip the section of the screen you want, you can add ink anywhere on the screen. When you activate the Snipping tool, you will be in Lasso mode, which you can use to encircle the section of the screen you want to snip. The Snipping Tool icon resides in the System Tray for quick access.įigure 13.11. In the toolbar, the Lasso tool becomes active, enabling you to select the portion of the screen you want to 'snip,' as shown in Figure 13.11. When you tap the icon, it turns green, and the Snipping Tool toolbar appears. The Snipping tool welcome screen.Īfter you have started the Snipping tool, you can tap on the Snipping Tool icon in the System Tray (shown in Figure 13.10) to activate the tool. When you first start Snipping tool, you'll see a welcome screen like the one shown in Figure 13.9. To Start the Snipping Tool, tap Start, All Programs, PowerToys for Tablet PC, Microsoft Snipping Tool for Tablet PC Preview Release, and then Microsoft Snipping Tool. You could, for example, use this tool to capture a picture of part of a Web page, which you could then include in an email message. Note that the Snipping tool does not capture the data itself, but rather creates a picture of the portion of the screen that was snipped. The Snipping tool enables you to capture portions of a screen to include in other applications.

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