{"id":26839,"date":"2012-01-03T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T18:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=26839"},"modified":"2012-01-03T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T18:04:22","slug":"windows-observer-hot-key-combo-for-the-windows-snipping-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-observer-hot-key-combo-for-the-windows-snipping-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Observer: Hot Key Combo For The Windows Snipping Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20111019windowsobserver.jpg\" alt=\"windowsobserver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Richard Hay for Windows Observer<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today I was participating in a Windows 7 Tech Chat on Twitter (#Win7Tech hashtag) which is held most Tuesdays from 3 to 4 PM Eastern time.  Each chat covers a specific subject area and today\u2019s chat was about using that new PC which folks received for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>At one point I commented about one of my favorite Windows 7 utilities the Snipping Tool and one user responded back with this comment:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.windowsobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/snippingtooltweet_thumb.png\" title=\"snippingtool\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"307\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although there is no assigned hot key to invoke the Snipping Tool by default there is a way to create a shortcut key which uses one of the features of the Windows 7 Taskbar.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsobserver.com\/2011\/12\/27\/create-a-hot-key-combo-for-the-windows-snipping-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Windows Observer.<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"1\">PC Pitstop is proud to welcome our friends at Windows Observer as guest contributors. Windows Observer is owned and operated by Richard Hay. In January 2010 Richard&#8217;s community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he received his first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience and in January 2011 when he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP in a new category called Windows Expert-Consumer.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20111019windowsobserver.jpg\" alt=\"windowsobserver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-6330 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although there is no assigned hot key to invoke the Snipping Tool by default there is a way to create a shortcut key which uses one of the features of the Windows 7 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