Windows+8+Capture+part+of+the+Start+screen+with+the+snipping+tool

The snipping tool was one of my favourite additions to Windows when Vista came out and I've used it extensively in Windows 7. It's still there in Windows 8; you can open it by typing its name anywhere on the Start screen. You can then pin it to the Start screen and/or desktop taskbar. You might have noticed though, that you can't capture a snip of the Start screen itself in the usual way. Opening the tool takes you to the desktop.
 * Windows 8 Capture part of the Start screen with the snipping tool**

If you want to capture the entire Start screen, you can just press **CTRL + PRTSCR** while on it. Of course, you could paste the capture into Paint and crop it, but there is also a way to capture part of the Start screen with the snipping tool itself - although it takes a few more steps.



Here's how you do it:
 * 1) Open the snipping tool and press **ESC**
 * 2) Press the **Windows logo** **key** to switch to the Start screen
 * 3) Press **CTRL + PRTSCR**
 * 4) Move the mouse pointer around the area of the Start screen that you want to capture
 * 5) Select to copy, save or email the snip in the usual way