Once that’s done you can take a snip and preserve an image of this antiquated operating system in a time capsule.Īn old person might be aware of the PrintScreen button, don’t worry, it won’t waste all the ink and paper in your printer, it will just copy the entire screen to your clipboard. To do that, press ‘start’ then go to the control panel, then, in Windows features scroll down to and tick ‘Tablet-PC Optional Components’. On Windows 7 or Vista you may need to turn the snipping tool shortcut first. But, just before you throw it out, have a quick go at taking a snip. If you’re on Windows 7 or Vista it might be time to get a new computer.

If you don’t want this uncheck ‘Include URL below snips (HTML only)’ in snip options. Screenshots taken in a browser will, by default, show the URL below the snip. To do this go to ‘All App’ option, right click and choose ‘Pin to Start’. With this snip you can pin it as a tile to your start screen in Windows 8. Using the mouse press the Start Windows key then choose snipping tool or mode to select either free-form, rectangle, window or full-screen. If you have a little more time, perhaps your colleague has fallen on their back, you can take the more considered approach with the Snipping tool. It’s worth noting this is a Windows tool not a shortcut for Office or Word. This will open the snipping tool in rectangular mode so you can grab a quick shot.

The quick way of using the snipping tool is Windows key-Shift-S.

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