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Assign a Shortcut Key to Your Snipping Tool

January 12, 2008

Vista has a screenshot tool that can take either region captures of full screenshots and save them easily using this snipping tool.

Assign a Shortcut Key to Your Snipping Tool

This tool does not have a hotkey to pop up the window. The following steps can fix this.

To assign a short cut key to the Snipping Tool:

  • 1.Bring up the Start Menu and select “All Programs”.
  • 2.Select the “Accessories” folder and you should see the “Snipping Tool”. If you cannot see it then it is possible you either have not installed it OR you do not have a version of Vista that comes with it.

Assign a Shortcut Key to Your Snipping Tool

3. If you right-click the Snipping Tool and select the “Properties” screen, you will then see a Shortcut key text box.

Assign a Shortcut Key to Your Snipping Tool

There is one small problem with this trick and that is that you cannot use the PRINTSCREEN key. Assigning Ctrl + F12 instead is easily remembered and is rarely used for anything else.

Written by Vlad · Filed Under Windows Vista How To 

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