Snipping Tool captures an image of anything on your desktop, like a photo or a section of webpage. Snipping Tool is available only in the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions of Windows 7 (although versions of it were avaialble in Vista and XP add-ons). The about box lists it as version 6.1.7600.
Features
- Capture a screen shot, or snip as it is called, of any object on your screen
- Whole Window
- Rectangular section of the screen
- Draw a freehand outline using your mouse
- Save the snip image in the following formats
- Portable Network Graphic (PNG)
- GIF
- JPEG
- Single File HTML (MHT)
- Annotate the snip
- Using pens which can be customized (color, thickness, tip)
- Highlighter
- Eraser
- Share the snip via e-mail with the image inline or as an attachment
Summary - Recommended
While it does not have as many features as other programs, such as FastStone Capture ($19.95), it does work well and of course it does a much better job than the old print-screen then edit in Notepad routine.
Printing from the Snipping Tool is not supported, so you must save your snip and open with another program to print.
