The Snipping Tool in Windows can be used to quickly capture screenshots of your screen in several ways. To start using it, press the shortcut keys Windows logo key + Shift + S, or search for "Snipping Tool" in the Windows search bar and click "New" to begin. Once activated, you can choose the type of snip you want:

• Rectangle snip: Drag the cursor to form a rectangle around the area you want to capture.
• Freeform snip: Draw a freehand shape around the area.
• Window snip: Select a specific window to capture.
• Fullscreen snip: Capture the entire screen.

After capturing, the snip is copied to the Snipping Tool window where you can annotate with pens, highlighters, add shapes or emojis, erase marks, crop the image, or extract text from it. You can then save, copy, or share your snip. The snip is also automatically copied to your clipboard for quick pasting into other apps like Paint. For video capture, use the shortcut Windows logo key + Shift + R to record a video clip of a screen area, then stop and save or edit it. The tool also offers additional features like color picking (to capture color codes from your screen) and text extraction (OCR) for text in images. Some advanced features may be available in Windows Insider builds for testing. In summary, the most common way to use the Snipping Tool is:

1. Press Windows + Shift + S.
2. Select the snip type.
3. Capture the screen area.
4. Edit or annotate the snip if desired.
5. Save, copy, or share the snip.

This provides a flexible and easy way to create and work with screenshots on Windows 11 computers.