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  Vista’s New Snipping Tool!
 

If you have need to make pictures of something you see on your screen, Vista comes with a Snipping Tool that is very easy to use and works better than anything else I have seen. In the past, with Windows XP you would have to hold down the Print Screen key or a combination of the Print Screen Key and the Alt key to “Print Screen” anything on the desktop (See Tech Tips: Screen Prints with the Print Screen Key). With the Vista Snipping Tool all you have to do is:

   1. Click on the Windows Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your screen.
   2. Click on All Programs, then Accessories and open the Snipping Tool.

Snipping Tool

   3. When the Snipping Tool appears click New.
   4. Now use the + sign to drap a square around the area you want to “snip”.

   5. After you choose the area the Snipping Tool automatically pastes the highlighted area in Paint. Now you can save it on your computer or e-mail the “snipped” picture to someone.

Snipping Tool

 
 
 
  - Steve Fink, A+, Network+, MCSE, WitzEnd Computing -
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