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Snipping tool

K

k

Flightless Bird
Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the Desktop
toolbar.
Your help is much appreciated.

John King
 
B

Barking Mad

Flightless Bird
"k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the
> Desktop toolbar.
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
> John King


I did it by making a shortcut to the Desktop then dragging the shortcut to
the toolbar. Remember to unlock your toolbar first though.
 
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housetrained

Flightless Bird
"k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the
> Desktop toolbar.
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
> John King

click on start ball and drag the ST icon to the bar - it will automatically
make a Quickstart (1 touch) button
--
John the West Ham fan

housetrained@hotmail.com
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K

k

Flightless Bird
Thank you for that, however being a bit of a thicky I cannot see how to make
the shortcut in the first place.

Regards john King

"Barking Mad" <nope@falseaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:0T9cn.1760$5n1.604@newsfe01.ams2...
>> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the
>> Desktop toolbar.
>> Your help is much appreciated.
>>
>> John King

>
> I did it by making a shortcut to the Desktop then dragging the shortcut to
> the toolbar. Remember to unlock your toolbar first though.
 
B

Barking Mad

Flightless Bird
"k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for that, however being a bit of a thicky I cannot see how to
> make the shortcut in the first place.
>
>

Programs /accessories / snipping tool - right click - send to / desktop (
create shortcut ) ... that should work ;-)

B.M.
 
D

Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:0T9cn.1760$5n1.604@newsfe01.ams2...
> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the Desktop
> toolbar.
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
> John King
>


Start > All Programs > Accessories > Right-click Snipping Tool > Pin to Taskbar.
 
B

Barking Mad

Flightless Bird
"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
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> "k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:0T9cn.1760$5n1.604@newsfe01.ams2...
>> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the
>> Desktop toolbar.
>> Your help is much appreciated.
>>
>> John King

>
> Start > All Programs > Accessories > Right-click Snipping Tool > Pin to
> Taskbar.
>


Hey that's great ! You know I never noticed that - old age has finally
caught up with me :))

BM
 
K

k

Flightless Bird
It's worked beautifully, thank you

John King


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> "k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:28ccn.53581$yP7.36367@newsfe16.ams2...
>> Thank you for that, however being a bit of a thicky I cannot see how to
>> make the shortcut in the first place.
>>
>>

> Programs /accessories / snipping tool - right click - send to / desktop
> ( create shortcut ) ... that should work ;-)
>
> B.M.
 
F

Fred

Flightless Bird
"Barking Mad" <nope@falseaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:0T9cn.1760$5n1.604@newsfe01.ams2...
>> Can anybody please tell me how to access the Snipping Tool from the
>> Desktop toolbar.
>> Your help is much appreciated.
>>
>> John King

>
> I did it by making a shortcut to the Desktop then dragging the shortcut to
> the toolbar. Remember to unlock your toolbar first though.

Why unlock it?
 
B

Barking Mad

Flightless Bird
"k" <jgnik@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> It's worked beautifully, thank you
>
>

Glad it worked but the suggestions from the OP's seem to be a little bit
slicker than my solution.

B.M.
 
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