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    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots

    How to Use Free Office Snip Screenshot Tool
    Published by Category: Apps & Features
    12 Sep 2015
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Use Free Office Snip Screenshot Tool

    Note   Note
    Office Snip from Microsoft is a free and easy to use screenshot tool. With Snip you can annotate and narrate your screenshots, Whiteboards and webcam snips. This tutorial will show how to download, install and use the Snip.

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_19h44_05.png


    information   Information
    This video was made by TenForums Video Geeks as a practicing project in our "Learning Together" online meeting on September 5th, 2015. See more TF Video Geeks videos at the Ten Forums Media Library and the video thread.



     1. Download and Install Snip

    1.) Download the Snip from http://mix.office.com/snip, run the installer

    2.)
    Accept the license terms, click Install:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h39_49.png

    3.) You can pin Snip to Taskbar and / or Start for a quick access:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h44_57.png

    4.) When Snip is installed its toolbar is by default located on top of your main display. The toolbar is floating, you can move it anywhere on the display:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h41_54.png



     2. Create & share a screenshot snip

    1.) Click / tap the screenshot snip button:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h48_43.png

    2.) Hold down the left mouse button and select the region to be snipped.

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h49_54.png

    3.) You can annotate your snip with the Pen tool:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h54_54.png

    4.) Eraser tool erases a single object, Erase all erases all annotations you have made:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_17h58_39.png

    5.) Use the buttons top right to copy the current snip to Windows clipboard to be pasted to any document, share the image snip by email, save the snip on local computer. The library button shows your snip library:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015_09_12_14_26_521.png

    6.) By default the snips are saved as image files. However, with the Record button you can add narration to your snip and save it as an MP4 video file:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_18h13_50.png
    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_18h15_20.png

    7.) The MP4 file has more sharing options than the default image file. When shared as a link or embedded, the snip will be uploaded to the Office Mix cloud and link or embed code copied to the clipboard:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_19h11_32.png



     3. Create a Whiteboard snip

    1.) Whiteboard snips can be annotated, narrated, copied, saved and shared exactly as screenshot snips:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015_09_12_14_45_331.png



     4. Create a webcam snip

    1.) Click the Camera button:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015-09-07_19h39_55.png

    2.) Make the snip:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015_09_12_14_51_321.png

    3.) You can annotate and narrate your webcam snip as any screenshot or whiteboard snip:

    Office Snip - Create, Annotate and Narrate Screenshots-2015_09_12_14_54_062.png



    That's it. Happy Snipping :)

    Kari






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    Wow, it's like OneNote 2013 on steroids:)
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    It's really good!
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