Windows Vista Gem - Snipping Tool
Well it has been almost 2 months since my switch from OSX to Vista for my day job. Overall, I’m liking Vista more than I thought - although I still get confused between the ctrl and command keys. One little built in gem that I came across last week was a built in screenshot capture tool called Snipping Tool. Essentially it is a little application that lets you drag your mouse across your screen to determine what area to take a screenshot of. To get to the application you can click on the Start menu, choose All Programs, then choose Accessories, and finally click on Snipping Tools.
An alternate way is to use the Windows key on your keyboard (yes their is actually a use for it in Vista). Pressing the Windows key now opens the start menu and place the cursor focus into a search field that work amazingly fast. So to open this app, press the Windows key and start typing “snipp”. The snipping application will be filtered in the list. Press return to launch it. Using the Windows key and the search filter, you can also search for files, emails, etc.
Yes, the snipping tool is nice!
Another way to open it is by giving it its very own keyboard shortcut.
It can be done to any program, and you do it by right-clicking the program and selecting “Properties” and then on the first screen there is a box called “Shortcut key”
Works wonders for me :-)
/Mads
What is your version of windows?
Mine is the Business Edition and I don’t have the snipp tool :|
check out
http://cfsilence.com/blog/client/index.cfm/2008/2/8/A-Few-Vista-Hidden-Gems
you have to add it and its hidden in the tablet pc schtuffs. Nice tool for sure though.
DK
Brilliant tool! Thanks for pointing it out. I’ve been using Vista for 4 months and not known about it.
Instead, I’ve been using Shup - http://shup.com/download.php - which is free and does a similar job to Vista’s snipping tool. I prefer the drawing tool on Vista but one nice feature of Shup is that you can upload it to the web in one click. You don’t need an FTP account, it just uploads to a free site somewhere. It works on XP and 2000, so I’d recommend it to anyone using those OS’s.