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- Click the Windows<\/strong> button on your desktop. (alternatively, press<\/em> the <\/span>Windows<\/strong> key on your keyboard)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Start typing Snipping Tool<\/strong>. (Windows will predict your text and the Snipping Tool will be available before you\u2019re finished typing.)
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<\/li>\n- Click<\/em> Snipping Tool <\/strong>on the Start Menu. The Snipping Tool should then be available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Taking Basic Screenshots with Snipping Tool:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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- Click<\/em> Mode<\/strong> on the Snipping Tool menu bar.
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<\/li>\n- If <\/span>Rectangular Snip<\/strong> is not selected, select it.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Click<\/em> the New<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
- Right-Click<\/em> and hold<\/em> your mouse button where you want the first corner of your screenshot.<\/li>\n
- Drag<\/em> your cursor to the opposite corner of your desired screenshot, then release<\/em> the mouse button. (The window will un-fog\u00a0<\/i>showing you the area of your desktop that will be copied.)
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<\/li>\n- Click<\/em> the Save <\/strong>button to save your image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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The sniping tool is Windows built-in screenshot utility. It’s simple to use and comes in handy for the tope of blog postrs we are making. To Open the Snipping Tool: Click the Windows button on your desktop. (alternatively, press the Windows key on your keyboard) Start typing Snipping Tool. (Windows will predict your text and the Snipping Tool will be available before you\u2019re finished typing.) Click Snipping Tool on the Start Menu. The Snipping Tool should then be available. Taking Basic Screenshots with Snipping Tool: Click Mode on the Snipping Tool menu bar. If Rectangular Snip is not selected, select it. Click the New button. Right-Click and hold your mouse button where you want the first corner of your screenshot. Drag your cursor to the opposite corner of your desired screenshot, then release the mouse button. (The window will un-fog\u00a0showing you the area of your desktop that will be copied.) Click the Save button to save your image. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3060,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions\/3060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- If <\/span>Rectangular Snip<\/strong> is not selected, select it.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Start typing Snipping Tool<\/strong>. (Windows will predict your text and the Snipping Tool will be available before you\u2019re finished typing.)