If you use the Snipping tool, as described above, to create a snip that is saved in a file, then that file can be opened in a different program, such as an image editing program. This enlarging seems to be a function of Word, not of the Snipping tool. The actual Word document on the left and the snipped and pasted image on the right.

This is the same behavior that Alan notes when he captures and pastes. Save that image, however, and when you insert it into Word, it is larger than what was shown on the screen. What is then shown on the screen is the exact size of what you captured. If you start the tool (not by using the shortcut that Alan mentions, but by using Snip & Sketch from the Start menu in Windows), you can choose New and then capture a portion of the screen. It is certainly handy, but the way that it captures images seems a bit strange. The Snipping tool (Snip & Sketch) is an interesting little tool. Alan wonders why this happens and how, in Word, he can make the snipped image the same size as the original. This means that he then has to reduce the image size to approximate the original that he snipped. If he then pastes that image into a document, the result is very large, much larger than the original. Alan often uses Win+Shift+S to start the Snipping tool and grab a portion of the screen.

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