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The Best Windows Snipping Tool

With CloudApp’s snipping tool alternative for Microsoft OS Windows, capturing a screenshot or video from the screen of your PC is fast and easy. Simply drag, snip and share with coworkers and clients instantly.
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Save Time With The Best Snipping Tool

Explain the details of a project in seconds by harnessing the power of visual communication. Humans have been exchanging information through shapes and patterns for thousands of years. Don’t waste precious minutes typing a lengthy email. Get to the point with CloudApp’s Microsoft Windows Snipping Tool and show your coworker the important details instead. CloudApp is for the doers, those who want to gain the upper-hand in the workplace. Get ahead of the game and start snipping.

Microsoft Windows Snipping Tool Download

Integrating CloudApp into your daily workflow takes only a few seconds. Download the app from the Microsoft Windows Store or by clicking Download Free above then register for a free account. That’s it – you are now ready to effortlessly record videos and images from your screen with our snipping tool. Enjoy communicating at the speed of sight!

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CloudApp offers another Windows snipping tool that gives you even greater functionality than the native Windows Snipping Tool. With CloudApp you can take fullscreen capture or snipped screen capture, screen recordings, GIFs.

With CloudApp, the best Windows snipping tool, all you need to do to snip a screenshot is do the following:

Download and install CloudApp (Available for Mac and Windows, iOS and Chrome)
Through your web browser’s download folder, select and download the CloudApp.msi file
If CloudApp does not immediately open, search for and select “CloudApp” on your computer
Create a free CloudApp account when prompted

Then, to create a screenshot, simply:

‍1. Click the CloudApp icon
2. Select the screenshot option
3. Click, drag & drop, and send

You can use Windows Snipping Tool on any PC by opening the Snipping Tool app, selecting Start and entering snipping tool. Select New to take a screenshot. You’ll see that rectangular mode is selected by default. If you want to change the shape of your snip, choose: Rectangular mode, Window mode, Full-screen mode, and Free-form mode. The screenshot is automatically copied to your clipboard. A notification also appears once you’re finished taking a screenshot, select it for more editing options.

CloudApp offers another Windows snipping tool that gives you even greater functionality than the native Windows Snipping Tool. With CloudApp you can take fullscreen capture or snipped screen capture, screen recordings, GIFs.

With CloudApp, the best Windows snipping tool, it’s easy to send your snip to any colleague or friend. When you create a screenshot, you follow these simple steps:

‍1. Click the CloudApp icon
2. Select the screenshot option
3. Click, drag & drop, and send

After you’re doing taking your snip or screenshot, a cloud link is automatically generated for you to send it to anyone you wish. You can easily copy and paste the link and drop it in an email or messenger, such as Slack.

CloudApp is the best Windows Snipping Tool, but with more features. With CloudApp you can take a snipped screenshot, a fullscreen screenshot, record your screen, record live streams, create GIF-s–all for free. 

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