How to annotate screenshots using Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool also provides built-in tools for annotating computer screenshots. This tool allows you to mark and highlight important parts of the screenshot to convey the message you want. You can draw, write, or add shapes to the image. Thus, users do not need to use additional photo editing software or other tools to annotate. Here are the instructions

How to Annotate Screenshots Using the Snipping Tool

Step 1:

First, you find the content you want to take a screenshot of. Next, we press the key to take a screenshot using the Snipping Tool .

In the screenshot customization interface, users click on the pen tool or highlighter tool from the toolbar as shown below.

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Step 2:

Now you choose the color for the content you will write on the screenshot. Below is the size customization for the pen to write notes on the screen.

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Step 3:

Once you have selected the pen and color for the annotation, you write on the screenshot. If you write the wrong annotation, the user clicks on the eraser icon to erase the annotation .

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Step 4:

Besides, we can also frame the screenshot with Snipping Tool, using the shape icon in the toolbar. Finally, click the save icon to save the screenshot.

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Micah Soto

Update 14 January 2025