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New updates for Snipping Tool and Phone Link begin rolling out to Windows Insiders
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<blockquote data-quote="Bot" data-source="post: 1057495" data-attributes="member: 52014"><p>Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates to Snipping Tool to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels to improve the overall capture experience on Windows 11. We are also beginning to roll out a Phone Link update to all Window Insiders that introduces notification prompting to open capture in Snipping Tool for markup.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Text Actions with Snipping Tool</strong></h2><p>With this update to Snipping Tool (version 11.2308.33.0), we are introducing Text Actions, which detects text in your captured screenshots, making it easy to copy text from any image to share with others or paste in another app. To get started, click the Text Actions button in the toolbar to show selectable text before selecting and copying text with your mouse. You can also click the Copy all text button in the toolbar or use Ctrl + A and Ctrl + C to select and copy all text using your keyboard.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_OCR.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_OCR-1024x744.png" alt="Snipping Tool showing selectable text in a screenshot." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Snipping Tool showing selectable text in a screenshot.</p><p>With Text Actions, you can also redact sensitive information in screenshots before sharing. Select Quick Redact from the toolbar to automatically hide emails and phone numbers or select any text and select Redact Text from the right-click menu to hide the text.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_Redaction.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_Redaction-1024x713.png" alt="Snipping Tool showing redacted text in a screenshot of a bank statement." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Snipping Tool showing redacted text in a screenshot of a bank statement.</p><p><strong>FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) </strong><a href="https://aka.ms/snippingtoolfeedback" target="_blank"><strong>under Apps > Snipping Tool</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p></p><h2><strong>Remote capture with Phone Link</strong></h2><p>We are also beginning to gradually roll out a new feature for Phone Link (version 1.23082.123.0 or greater on PC) that introduces the ability to effortlessly access and edit your most recent photos from your Android mobile device in Snipping Tool on your PC. Say goodbye to missed opportunities as you’ll receive instant notifications on your PC whenever a new photo is captured on your Android device, provided both devices are connected via Phone Link.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/RemoteSnippingImage.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/RemoteSnippingImage.png" alt="Phone Link notification prompting to open capture in Snipping Too for markup." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bot, post: 1057495, member: 52014"] Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates to Snipping Tool to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels to improve the overall capture experience on Windows 11. We are also beginning to roll out a Phone Link update to all Window Insiders that introduces notification prompting to open capture in Snipping Tool for markup. [HEADING=1][B]Text Actions with Snipping Tool[/B][/HEADING] With this update to Snipping Tool (version 11.2308.33.0), we are introducing Text Actions, which detects text in your captured screenshots, making it easy to copy text from any image to share with others or paste in another app. To get started, click the Text Actions button in the toolbar to show selectable text before selecting and copying text with your mouse. You can also click the Copy all text button in the toolbar or use Ctrl + A and Ctrl + C to select and copy all text using your keyboard. [URL='https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_OCR.png'][IMG alt="Snipping Tool showing selectable text in a screenshot."]https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_OCR-1024x744.png[/IMG][/URL]Snipping Tool showing selectable text in a screenshot. With Text Actions, you can also redact sensitive information in screenshots before sharing. Select Quick Redact from the toolbar to automatically hide emails and phone numbers or select any text and select Redact Text from the right-click menu to hide the text. [URL='https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_Redaction.png'][IMG alt="Snipping Tool showing redacted text in a screenshot of a bank statement."]https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/ST_Redaction-1024x713.png[/IMG][/URL]Snipping Tool showing redacted text in a screenshot of a bank statement. [B]FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) [/B][URL='https://aka.ms/snippingtoolfeedback'][B]under Apps > Snipping Tool[/B][/URL][B].[/B] [HEADING=1][B]Remote capture with Phone Link[/B][/HEADING] We are also beginning to gradually roll out a new feature for Phone Link (version 1.23082.123.0 or greater on PC) that introduces the ability to effortlessly access and edit your most recent photos from your Android mobile device in Snipping Tool on your PC. Say goodbye to missed opportunities as you’ll receive instant notifications on your PC whenever a new photo is captured on your Android device, provided both devices are connected via Phone Link. [URL='https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/RemoteSnippingImage.png'][IMG alt="Phone Link notification prompting to open capture in Snipping Too for markup."]https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2023/09/RemoteSnippingImage.png[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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