Which of these tools will you use to grab screen clippings to add to your Microsoft OneNote notebooks?įind other time-saving Microsoft OneNote shortcuts, tips and tricks at /OneNote. Once the screen capture is in the Clipboard, use your favorite Paste command to add the captured images to OneNote or other documents.Īdditionally, you might consider a paid screen capture program such as TechSmith’s SnagIt, which includes a wide range of choices to format, edit and save your screen clippings.

+ : Captures the current window or dialog box.

: Copies the entire screen into your Windows Clipboard.

Finally, pick Clip to insert the OneNote screen clipping into the notebook.Īlthough these options do not let you control the screen area you want to clip or capture, there are two other free ways to grab a screen capture in Microsoft Windows by using the Print Screen key (the label varies on different keyboards).

Next, select the OneNote notebook where you want to add the screen clipping and choose from the capture options: Full Page, Region, Article, Bookmark.

If needed, log in to your Microsoft account.Select the kind of snip you want, and then. Select Mode, or in earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow next to the New button. The entire screen changes to gray including the open menu.

For Windows 7, press the Esc key before opening the menu.

From a browser window with content you want to capture, click the Clip to OneNote icon. After you open Snipping Tool, open the menu that you want to capture.

To capture a screen clipping with the OneNote Web Clipper: Note: you may need to click on the Extensions option to pin the extension to the address bar. Once you install the OneNote Web Clipper browser extension, the icon (OneNote icon) will appear to the right of the URL bar. However, if you access this link from the Microsoft Edge browser, you can now install a Chrome add-in within Edge. This free add-in is available for the Chrome browser. The OneNote Web Clipper app installs in your browser to save, annotate, and organize web content.

Move to the file where you want to add the screen capture (this doesn’t have to be a OneNote page) and use your favorite Paste command (mine is + V) to insert the screen clipping.

The snipping tool should now be installed from Windows 11. Copy and paste the following command onto the command line and hit enter: get-appxpackage Microsoft.ScreenSketch remove-appxpackage.

The screen clipping is now in the Windows Clipboard. Click the search icon on your taskbar and search for ‘PowerShell’, then click ‘Run as Administrator’.

To create a screen clipping at any time from Windows 10:

Next, a dialog box displays to indicate the OneNote notebook, section, and page where you want to add the screen clipping.

Drag to select the area you would like to save.

Right-click the OneNote icon in the Windows Notification area (on the right side of the taskbar), and choose Take screen clipping or press Windows + + S.

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