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Tech Tip Tuesday - Clip Better

10/17/2017

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​Are you like me and remember when the only way to capture your screen was using the Print Screen Button? How many of you remember when pressing print screen would actually send your screen to the printer and an actual piece of paper printed out? Oh how the times have changed. Today print screen, just copies your screen to the clipboard for you to paste later. But today, even pressing print screen is a little old fashion. Below are three ways to make yourself more effective when capturing the contents of your screen.

  • Alt+ Print Screen – Captures only the active window - Great for multiple monitors
  • Snipping tool – Built-in screen clipping tool
  • Win + Shift + S – Activates OneNote's Snipping tool
Try each of the options above out and see what works best for you. Below are detailed instructions on each technique. 
Happy Clipping,
​Ralph

Screen Clipping Techniques

Alt + Print Screen - Captures Active Window

If you want to capture just the active window
  • add alt to print screen. (Alt+PrtScn).
  • Then you can paste the screen capture by simply pressing Ctrl+V (or right-click --> Paste)


Snipping Tool

If you want to take a screen shot of your computer you can use the snipping tool.

To use the tool, just tap your windows key, type snip, and press enter.
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Then click the "New" button.
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Next, click and drag the portion of your screen that you want to take a screen shot of.
The section of your screen that you selected will then pop up in a window and will be copied to your clipboard.
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Finally, you can paste the screen shot to a destination of your choosing, by pressing Ctrl+V (or right-click --> paste)
The snipping tool is a good program to pin to your task bar to create screen shots quickly.

Win + Shift + S - OneNote's Snipping Tool - I use this one

​This is a great tool to quick capture a portion of the screen.
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  • ​Start by hitting Win +Shift + S. This will gray the screen and bring up crosshairs. (Win+S on windows 7)

  • Select area of the screen you want to capture
  • Next, Select what you want to do with the clipping. I recommend:
    • Selecting "Don't ask me again and always do the following:"
    • Then selecting Copy to Clipboard
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From there the contents of the clipping can be pasted with Ctrl+V (or right-click --> paste) 
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