I enjoyed the articles and YouTube videos I watched, by Dr. Linkdbeck and prototype:IT about image editing. I have a lot of experience editing images in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Microsoft Email, and Gmail. A majority of what I watched and read was familiar, but I was surprised by the number of features available in the Microsoft Office Snipping tool for capturing images. I’m eager to update some of my old PowerPoint presentations to try out some Microsoft Office Snipping Tool tips I did not know before the YouTube video.
I learned a few keyboard shortcuts. Such as Shift key, Windows key, and S, to quickly access the Microsoft Office Snipping tool to capture everything on your screen. I desperately need to learn this trick to create step-by-step instructions for our dual credit students. It's such a great trick.
In one of the videos, I learned a few more useful tips. The Mode menu free-form snip has some great features. You can draw a free-form shape around a specific area, such as a drop-down menu, an app, or a dialog box. A full-screen snip will capture the entire screen. The Delay snip will allow you to take a time-delayed screenshot of contact menus, flyouts, and anything else that will close when you click somewhere else on the screen. The delay feature allows you to choose the amount of time in seconds.
Hello NKZ,
ReplyDeleteI read your blog and I was curious enough that I went back to watch the optional video in our class on snipping tool. The thing I noticed was the video was 3 or 4 years old and some of that is not the same in Windows 11. The snipping tool in Windows 11 does not have mode in it. However, if I click print screen it does have mode. Your blog did exactly what it was designed to do. It caught my attention and caused me to want to know more.
I wonder though if it would be helpful to the reader to know that when “snipping” to make sure they are snipping things they have rights to. I thought it was interesting that the two topics this week were editing and copyright. I have been known to “snip” a picture when I could not get it to download. I now know that is not the way to handle it.
I think a screen shot of the snipping tool would have been helpful to the reader. That way they could have a visual of what you were describing.