Assign+a+shortcut+to+Vista's+Snipping+Tool

The Snipping tool is a cool new Vista feature; you can use it to capture a selected part of your screen when you want something other than the full screen or active window that you can capture with the PRT SCN key. But to open it, you have to either do a search from the Start menu, hunt through the program menus, or create an icon on the desktop or quick launch bar.  If you prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard and off the mouse, you might want to launch the tool with a key combination shortcut instead. Here is how:- Now you'll be able to open this handy little tool with just a couple of keystrokes.
 * 1) Find the Snipping Tool in All Programs | Accessories).
 * 2) Right click and select Properties.
 * 3) Type in the key combination you want to use in the Shortcut Key field.


 * How to use the Snipping Tool **

 Now that you have an easy way to open it, what do you do with the Snipping Tool? Just click New Snip and drag your cursor around the area of the screen that you want to capture.  You can save it as a JPG, GIF, PNG or MHT (single file HTML). Just click the File menu and click Save As.

 But that is not all.  You can copy it to the clipboard by clicking the Copy icon, send it to someone via email (either in the body of the message or as an attachment), or even draw on it (in a selection of different pen colors) or highlight parts of it. And if you do not like what you have drawn, or highlighted, just click the Eraser icon and undo it. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This little tool is definitely a valuable asset.