Economic Research: Snipping Tool Download

Snipping Tool Download

The snipping tool window will open. If you've never used it before, New will probably be selected. (If it's not, select it now.) Using the mouse, click on a corner of the area you want to snip, and drag the mouse to the opposite corner, so that the whole area you want to capture is selected. You can capture a large or small portion of the screen, but it must be rectangle-shaped. (If the window that you want to snip from is not currently open, open it now and then flip back to the snipping tool and choose New.) Once you've selected an area, that area will be copied into the snipping tool window. From here, you can mark the image, highlight it, and otherwise play around with it. The default tool to use is a blue pen, but you can change the color or thickness of the pen by clicking on the down arrow next to the pen icon located with the other icons at the top of the window. This row of icons contains the common tools you can use with your snipped image. Choosing New will allow you to grab a new image, discarding the current one if you haven't already saved it.