Snipping Tool
Snipping Tool: Basic Screenshot Utility for Windows
Snipping Tool is a basic screenshot utility included in Windows. It allows users to capture, edit, save, and share snippets of their screen. Common uses are taking screenshots to share error messages, tutorial steps, or other visual information.
What is Snipping Tool?
Snipping Tool is a basic screenshot capture utility that has been included in Microsoft Windows since Windows Vista. It provides an easy way for users to take snapshots of their screen, either of a selected region or the entire screen.
With Snipping Tool, users can capture screenshots, or 'snips', and then annotate, crop, or highlight them before saving or sharing. It has basic drawing tools to add arrows, shapes, text etc to point out important details.
Once a snip has been captured, Snipping Tool provides simple image editing options like cropping, highlighting sections, adding text, arrows and basic shapes. The edited snips can then be saved as image files or copied to the clipboard to paste into documents or messaging apps.
Common use cases for Snipping Tool include:
- Capturing error message popups or dialog boxes to share when requesting tech support
- Taking screenshots of tutorial steps to easily share with others
- Highlighting a region of the screen to call attention to an item or detail
- Annotating screenshots with arrows, text or shapes to call out important information
While more advanced screen capture utilities exist, Snipping Tool is useful for quick, basic screenshots that require minimal editing before sharing or saving.
Snipping Tool Features
Features
- Take screenshots of full screen, window, or custom region
- Annotate screenshots with pen, highlighter, arrows, shapes, text
- Save screenshots as image files (PNG, GIF, JPEG)
- Copy screenshots to clipboard
- Delay screenshot capture by timer
- Basic image editing like cropping and resizing
Pricing
- Free
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