Computer and Software Support


Window Snip 

  What is a Window Snip? It allows you to capture an individual program, file or image on the desktop. Click here for further description of a window.

Here is an example

Here is the desktop with two windows open. We want to capture the window with the Pug.

   

If you want to capture a picture of just one of the windows that is op, you would use the Window snip

  1. Click arrow beside new

   

  1. Select Window Snip

   

 

 Click anywhere on the Window with the Pug.

   

 

Here is the finished result

   

To save the capture do the following

  1. Click the Save icon
   
  1. Choose the location you want to save the file
   
  1. Give the file a name
   
  1. Choose the type of extension you want it to have. The choices are
    1. Portable Network Graphic File (PNG)
    2. GIF file
    3. JPEG file
    4. Single File HTML (MHT)
 
  1. Click Save
   

Some times when you save a file from snippet tool, the picture can be very large. If you are trying to email the picture or save it on a disk that is limited in space, the size may be too big to save or email. You will need to shrink the size of it. There is numerous programs out there that will allow you to adjust the size. Windows Paint will allow you to shrink the size. For instructions using Paint, click here

Note: When you edit the picture, save it under a different file name than the original. Changing the size can distort some of the picture. If you save it under a different file name and you realize you shouldn't have changed the size, you will still have the original. If you save it under the same name, you will lose the original and will have to start from scratch.