In all Microsoft Office 2010 and/or 2013 programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), you will find the tool on the Insert Tab, Illustrations Group as pictured below: So, where is this tool and how does it work? (I’m actually using this tool to prepare THIS BLOG!) ![]() Any way you did it, the new tool is simply easier and faster – always a good thing! Or, you may have used 3 rd party screen capture software, or used the “Snipping Tool” provided as part of the Windows operating system. But, if you only wanted to capture part of the screen image, you’d then have to crop out the piece of the screen image you wanted, and then adjust its size…cumbersome, but eventually you’d get the result you wanted. I frequently have to do training documents that guide users through a step-by-step process, and a picture is worth a thousand words! But in past versions (Office 2007 and all earlier versions) the only way to do this was by using cumbersome methods.įor instance, you could get the screen image ready, then press the keyboard combination Ctrl+PrtScn (if you could find the PrtScn button), then Paste the entire screen shot in a document as a picture. ![]() The idea is simple – you may need to place a picture of all or part of a computer screen image into a document. It is most commonly used in PowerPoint, but is also available (and works the same way) in Word and Excel. So, what is this month’s featured feature? The Screenshot capture tool. This feature is also available in the 2013 Suite, and it works the same way in both versions. It’s so easy to use that those of you still using Office 2010 can take immediate advantage of it. This feature was actually introduced in the Office 2010 Suite, but in the course of my teaching I frequently discover that a lot of folks overlook something that’s right in front of them. ![]() Now, when I started this blog, I said that I would focus on the Office 2013 Suite – but this month I’m going to make an exception. Here’s another cool feature found in Microsoft Office that you might not be aware of. Notes from the “Office Guy” at Directions Training:
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