Windows 10: Take a Screen Snip with Snip & Sketch in Windows 10

How to: Take a Screen Snip with Snip & Sketch in Windows 10

How to Take a Screen Snip (Screenshot) with Snip & Sketch in Windows 10


Starting with Windows 10 build 17661, a new Screen Snip feature has been added to Windows 10 to be able to quickly snip and share a screenshot.

You can snip a rectangle, something a bit more freeform, or full screen and it will go straight to your clipboard. If thats all you need, you can take it from there. Want more, though? Immediately after taking a snip youll now get a notification that will take you and your snip to the Screen Sketch app where you can annotate and share away.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18219, Screen Sketch app has been updated to version 10.1807.2286.0 and renamed to Snip & Sketch.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18282, a new window snip option is available to use with Screen Snip.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18950, you can now zoom in on your screenshots if theyre a bit too small for you to annotate on (and yes, CTRL+Plus, CTRL+Minus and Ctrl+Mouse wheel are supported!). Itll also zoom out to make sure the whole snip fits in the Snip & Sketch window. If you want to see the snip at its original size, click the Zoom button and then Actual Size.





This tutorial will show you how to quickly snip a Screen Snip (screenshot) and share or save with the Snip & Sketch app in Windows 10.

A screen snip is saved to the clipboard by default.


EXAMPLE: Screen Snip






Here's How:

1 Perform one of the following actions below to launch screen snipping: (see screenshots below)
A) Press the Win + Shift + S keys.

B) Press the Print Screen key if Use the Print Screen key to launch screen snipping is turned on.

C) Click on the pen tail button if you have Screen Snipping selected for the click once pen shortcut.

D) Click/tap on the Screen snip quick action button in Action Center (Win+A).



E) Open All Apps in the Start menu, right click or press and hold on the Snip & Sketch app, and click/tap on Take a new snip, New snip in 3 seconds, or New snip in 10 seconds for what you want.

This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 18219.




F) If the Snip & Sketch app icon is on the taskbar, right click or press and hold on Snip & Sketch, and click/tap on Take a new snip, New snip in 3 seconds, or New snip in 10 seconds for what you want.

This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 18219.




2 A snipping toobar will now appear for you to select Rectangle Snip, Freeform Snip, Window Snip, or Fullscreen Snip. (see screenshots below)

The Window Snip option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 18282.






3 Take a snip using the selected tool above. For example, drag the pointer around what you want to take a screenshot of. (see screenshot below)



4 You will now get a notification letting you know Snip saved to clipboard where you can paste the snip where you want. (see screenshot below)

Starting with Windows 10 build 18277, some Insiders may notice a change to select Edit or Smart Insights.







5 If you like, you can click/tap on the notification above to open your snip in the Screen Sketch app where you can annotate and print (Ctrl+P), save (Ctrl+S) and/or share your snip. (see screenshots below)

The option to Print is only available starting with Snip & Sketch (Version 10.1809.2964.0).









That's it,
Shawn


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Snip and Sketch Awkward

Use Windows+shift+s to launch Snip and Sketch. Can snip a screenshot.

Now the problem is this: after snipping the screen shot, it does not automatically appear in the Snip and Sketch app. So I open Snip and Sketch and there's nothing on it.

So I have choose 'new' and snip the screen yet again.

I recall using this once and taking a screenshot and voila! Snip and Sketch appeared with the screen shot duly in the app's workspace, ready for annotations and saving etc. This facility has disappeared. I have re-set it according to instructions, and even
reinstalled it - yet the problem persists.

Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks

 

Snip & Sketch

It's the Snipping Tool that's being phased out, not Snip & Sketch. FWIW, I just used the latter tool and was able to paste the snip into a Word (Office 365) document. There was a point in the past when for reasons unknown, opening Word would clear the
clipboard. If you're using an older version, you might want to try opening the document first, before taking a screenshot.

If you prefer to use Snipping Tool, all you have to do (as I suggested earlier) is open the Start Menu and type snip.

 

snip and sketch

I downloaded Snip and Sketch OK. My intent is to draw/sketch on a map so I can show my readers the hiking trail I took. However, I cannot do the following:

I want to bring up Google Earth. I then want to draw/sketch a hiking trail that I took. I want to use Snip and Sketch to draw on the Google Earth screen, and once I am done I will save this screen. Can I do this in this sequence, or do i first need to do
a Google Earth screen print - and then bring up Snip and Sketch?

Below it asks for a "Windows Topic." To get by this question I selected "Ink and Sketch."

Thank you.

 

Screen Sketch app renamed to Snip & Sketch in Windows 10 Insider build

You can choose snip delays from jump lists as well...

 

Snip & Sketch

I LOVED the Microsoft Snipping Tool. I understand that Microsoft did away with it and replaced it with "Snip & Sketch." While the concept to use it is the same, when I capture what I want as a "NEW" snip, it then appears simply as a blank screen within the
Snip & Sketch app. I believe that the app says it copies the snip to the Clipboard, so I attempted to open up a Word doc and a Notepad doc and "Paste" but still nothing appears.

Please help!