Snip Tool

The Snip tool lets you take a picture of any part of your screen, which you can then paste into an email or document or anyplace else you can paste a picture. To copy the whole screen, click and drag your mouse pointer from corner to corner.

Clip pictures, coupons, homework, anything you want with one click and a drag.

Quick Demo

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With Windows:

You can use Snip to copy

  • Any rectangular portion of the screen
  • Any irregular shape cutout of the screen
  • Any window on screen
  • The whole screen.

When you click on snip it is ready to copy any rectangle, but at the top of the screen you will see a tool option – allowing you to copy any of the above.

Point to the tools and wait a second to see which tool symbol is for what function.

On the Mac:

The Snip Tool just allows you to copy a rectangle.

  • To copy a window – drag from one corner to the opposite corner of the window
  • To copy the whole screen – drag from one corner to the opposite corner of the screen.

On the Mac there are keyboard shortcuts that allow you to:

  • Copy the whole screen
  • Take clips or whole screen pictures
  • Do recordings (movies) of your screen, including audio or narration if you want.

To discover the shortcuts – right-click on the Snip button and choose “Other Screenshot Shortcuts”.

Here are two ways to do a screen recording on the PC:

Method 1: Using Game Bar

  • Enable Game Bar:
    • go to Start > Settings > Gaming
    • Then toggle on Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game Bar.
  • Next, press Windows+G and click the Record button in the Capture widget.

Method 2: Using Powerpoint

  • Create a PowerPoint. A new blank document is fine.
  • Go to Insert > Screen Recording.

Select an area on the Windows desktop and select Record.

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