Comments on: Use Snipping Tool Shortcut to Capture Start Menu, Right Click Menu, Mouseover Hightlight Effect or Lost Focus Objects http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/use-snipping-tool-shortcut-to-capture-start-menu-right-click-menu-mouseover-hightlight-effect-or-lost-focus-objects/ Living Digitally and Electronically Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Whoopster http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/use-snipping-tool-shortcut-to-capture-start-menu-right-click-menu-mouseover-hightlight-effect-or-lost-focus-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-594544 Whoopster Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:21:52 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/use-snipping-tool-shortcut-to-capture-start-menu-right-click-menu-mouseover-hightlight-effect-or-lost-focus-objects/#comment-594544 Great hint! That was exactly my problem, sniping menus and things like that! Thank you. Sascha Great hint!
That was exactly my problem, sniping menus and things like that!

Thank you.
Sascha

]]> By: Beth J. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/use-snipping-tool-shortcut-to-capture-start-menu-right-click-menu-mouseover-hightlight-effect-or-lost-focus-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-580522 Beth J. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:29:11 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/12/use-snipping-tool-shortcut-to-capture-start-menu-right-click-menu-mouseover-hightlight-effect-or-lost-focus-objects/#comment-580522 I just came across this across this post and I think that I know why you have the default background in white instead of transparent: You saved the snapshot in JPG format, not GIF or PNG. Also, in my search for a solution to the context problem you described I found a utility that invokes the snipping tool with a SINGLE keystroke (the unused PAUSE button on my keyboard). It helps me a great deal, you may find it useful to you as well: http://www.softwarecandy.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_free_shipping_info&cPath=2&products_id=73 I just came across this across this post and I think that I know why you have the default background in white instead of transparent: You saved the snapshot in JPG format, not GIF or PNG.

Also, in my search for a solution to the context problem you described I found a utility that invokes the snipping tool with a SINGLE keystroke (the unused PAUSE button on my keyboard). It helps me a great deal, you may find it useful to you as well:

http://www.softwarecandy.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_free_shipping_info&cPath=2&products_id=73

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