Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Snipping Tool & Paint





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Snipping Tool
Many times when looking for images for our articles, you might find what you are looking for, but it is only part of a larger image. To be able to grab a portion of an image, there is a free program that comes with Windows called "Snipping Tool." This frequently used program allows us to box in a part of an image and then save that part you have snipped rather than the whole image.
 * To access the snipping tool, go to the Windows menu and look and for "Snipping Tool."
 * Depending on what Window version you have, you may see an icon that looks like this at the bottom of your monitor: Snipping tool.PNG


 * Click on the Snipping Tool or your icon and the screen below appears. (There may additional options)
 * Click on "New."
 * When you click on New, we will see the entire monitor enveloped with transparent white covering.
 * In addition, you will see a white cross that is attached to your mouse.
 * With your mouse, move this white cross to the place on the subject image that will be one of the corners of the image you want to save.
 * Then press on the left button on the mouse and drag the white cross to the opposite corner of the image you want. As you do so a red box appears showing you the area you will be saving.  Then let up on the left mouse button.
 * Next click on "File"
 * Click "Save as"
 * Give it a descriptive title so you can find it in your files.
 * Finally click "Save" and the portion of the image you wanted is now saved in your computer and ready to be uploaded into Wiki.

Paint procedure
Paint is a program we use to change the extension of a image from say a JEPG to a PNG. JEPG images sometime give us problems when trying to create image maps. To eliminate that problem, it is a good idea to convert JEPGs to PNGs if you plan to create a image map with them. Paint is a free program and part of Windows.
 * Bring up your Windows menu and click on "Paint"
 * Click on File.
 * On the drop down menu, click on "Open."
 * Double click on the image you want to change the extension on, that is in your computer files.
 * Click on Open again
 * Click on Save As
 * A drop down menu appears. At the upper right hand corner of the menu is PNG picture.  Click on that.
 * Your image is now save with a PNG extension in your computer.

Just a reminder: Make sure that you check copyright permissions as you import the file into Wiki.

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