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BetterRed · 12-29-2016, 03:54 PM

@stumped - I don't think the 'Snipping Tool' has ever been on the start screen/menu, it's always been hard to find, many people don't even know it exists.

However, for area screen shots I prefer Onenote's screen clipper, it can be invoked via a hotkey, it frosts the monitor, that makes it easier to see what's being clipped, and if you save it to a Note (rather than the clipboard) you can use the Copy Text from Picture option, which is handy for quoting error messages verbatim or translating foreign language error messages.

Whilst you're faffing around with your rodent to find the snipping tool, to open it, to click New, to draw a capture area, to click a save icon, and to type a file name - I can go Alt+PrtScrn, Winkey+5 (open Irfanview), Ctrl+V, Ctrl+S, Enter, Escape (close Irfanview) - 6 keystrokes - job done.

Actually I go Shift+Alt+S (AHK macro of the above) - 1 keystroke job done

@theducks - to get the Onenote hotkeys for clipping and new note creation you need to run it in the tray, to do that you use the /tsr switch

BR

12-29-2016, 03:54 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,752 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@stumped - I don't think the 'Snipping Tool' has ever been on the start screen/menu, it's always been hard to find, many people don't even know it exists. However, for area screen shots I prefer Onenote's screen clipper, it can be invoked via a hotkey, it frosts the monitor, that makes it easier to see what's being clipped, and if you save it to a Note (rather than the clipboard) you can use the Copy Text from Picture option, which is handy for quoting error messages verbatim or translating foreign language error messages. Whilst you're faffing around with your rodent to find the snipping tool, to open it, to click New, to draw a capture area, to click a save icon, and to type a file name - I can go Alt+PrtScrn, Winkey+5 (open Irfanview), Ctrl+V, Ctrl+S, Enter, Escape (close Irfanview) - 6 keystrokes - job done. Actually I go Shift+Alt+S (AHK macro of the above) - 1 keystroke job done @theducks - to get the Onenote hotkeys for clipping and new note creation you need to run it in the tray, to do that you use the /tsr switch BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-30-2016 at 02:47 AM.