Microsoft OneNore 2010 : Inserting Pictures and Screen Clippings (part 2) - Inserting a Picture from a Scanner, Inserting a Screen Clipping on the Current Page

3. Inserting a Picture from a Scanner

If you have a scanner, it’s easy to import pictures that you don’t already have in a digital format. This is not only a convenient way of importing old photographs, but for scanning business cards, receipts, sketches, napkin scribbles, and diagrams as well.

To import pictures that you don’t already have in digital format, follow these steps:

1.	Open or create the page in your notebook where you want to insert the scanned picture.
2.	Click the place on the page where OneNote should place the imported picture. A blinking cursor will confirm where the picture will be placed.
3.	On the Insert tab, in the Files group, click Scanner Printout (see Figure 2). Figure 2. If you have a scanner connected to your computer, you can use the Scanner Printout command on the OneNote ribbon to scan pictures and documents right into OneNote.
4.	In the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog box, make sure the make and model of the scanner you’re using is selected as the active device (see Figure 3). Figure 3. After you click the Scanner Printout button in OneNote, options for the make and model of your scanner might appear, such as choosing a quality setting for the scan.
5.	Choose from the available resolution settings by clicking either Web Quality (if you’re only going to be looking at the scanned image on your screen) or Print Quality (if you plan to print the notes containing the scanned image).
6.	Click Insert.

Depending on the make and model of your own scanner, you might see a slightly different user interface after you click the Scanner Printout button, but the results should be the same. As long as your scanner is properly configured and you can successfully scan images with it in other Windows programs, it should work perfectly fine in OneNote, too.

If you’re having trouble scanning, please refer to the documentation that came with your scanner and make sure you download the latest drivers for it from the manufacturer’s website.

4. Inserting a Screen Clipping on the Current Page

OneNote includes a super-easy way to take a picture of anything on your computer screen and place it into your notes.

Although you can already do this for the whole screen by pressing the PrtScn (print screen) key on your keyboard and then pasting the result where you want it, OneNote lets you first draw a selection over the specific part of your screen that you want to capture. A so-called “screen clipping” then is placed into your notes.

To create a screen clipping, do the following:

1.	On your computer screen, bring into view whatever it is that you want to capture. For example, open a particular page on a website in your browser.
2.	In OneNote, navigate to the page where you want to insert the screen clipping and then click on the page where you want it to appear.
3.	On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Screen Clipping.
4.	OneNote hides itself and brings back into view what you had on your screen before. The screen dims and the cursor changes to a crosshair symbol, prompting you to select the part of the screen you want to capture. Move the mouse to the upper-left corner of the area you want to capture, click and hold the left mouse button, and then drag a rectangular selection over the screen until everything you want to include in the screen clipping is selected (see Figure 4). Figure 4. When you initiate a screen clipping, OneNote hides itself and dims the screen of what you were looking at before. You can click and drag a selection with your mouse to capture that portion of the screen as an image, which is then inserted into your notes.
5.	When your selection is complete, release the mouse button. OneNote restores itself and places your screen clipping on the current page where you had activated the cursor.

If you make a mistake and grab too much (or too little) of the screen, delete the screen clipping and simply take another. You can remove screen clippings that you no longer want by clicking the image and then pressing the Delete key to delete it.

Screen clippings are ideal for quickly capturing and importing all kinds of information that you just want to capture and don’t need to edit again. For example, if you’re doing research for a trip and you want to compare the cost of airfare between several airlines, you could take screen clippings of the fare tables and compare them side by side in OneNote. As such information is sure to change quickly at the source, your screen clippings can provide a lasting record of such information.

Screen clippings are also great for taking screenshots of software for which you’re providing training materials. If you’re a blogger, you can use screen clippings to create illustrations for your blog posts. If you use OneNote to maintain information related to your hobbies, such as gardening or keeping an inventory of a recipe or movie collection, you can clip photos of your flowers, recipes, or DVDs and import them into your notes to make them more visually interesting. In school, you can quickly grab your class schedules, lab info, study group agendas, and just about anything else that appears on your school’s website or digital handouts.