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Introduction to Snagit for Existing Users

Familiarize yourself with the new look and feel of Snagit 9. The same easy, powerful features - with the addition of open capture tray, library, search, tagging and much more.

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Snagit 9 Tutorial:

Draw Tab

Learn about the drawing and annotating options found in Editor's Draw tab.

Editor Draw tab

	The Clipboard group contains the following tools and commands: Copy All, Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste Transparent or Opaque.
	The Drawing Tools group contains the following tools and commands: Selection, Zoom, Callout, Text, Arrow, Line, Stamp, Shape, Pen, Fill, Highlight, Eraser.
	The Quick Start Gallery is a collection of ready-made styles or effects. To use, select a style from the gallery and drag or click on the canvas.
	Click the gallery’s More button to see even more style options to choose from. Right-click a vector object on the canvas and select Add to Quick Styles to add it to the gallery's Quick Styles category.
	The Outline, Fill, and Effects options for the selected tool are available in the Styles group. Click the down arrow on an icon to expose the available options.
	The Arrange group contains the vector object options for arranging and aligning objects. Right-click on an object to view vector object options.
	The Send group contains Output options. Click the top of the icon to send the contents of the canvas to the output listed. Click the bottom of the icon to select a new output from a list. The Output icon changes to a Finish Profile icon if you use a profile capture with a designated output. When you close Editor, the Finish Profile icon closes and the Output icon displays when you open Editor again.

Complete a Profile or Add-In Capture

When you take a capture in Snagit with an assigned Output and the Preview in Editor option selected, the Finish Profile icon appears in the Draw tab > Send group instead of the Output icon.

To complete the capture, click green checkmark on the Finish Profile button.
To change the Output, click the arrow on the Finish Profile button. Select a new output from the list.