Preview fits a lot of great simple annotations, I was surprised it didn't have this built in. In my case, I downloaded it and used it for blurring of text since I know I'll be using it for other capabilities in the future. When the Snipping tool opens, click New to start a new snip. Type 'snippingtool' in the text box and press Enter on your keyboard.

Select the area you want to blur first and then use the appropriate blur filter.Īgain, I know it's not as simple and direct as some of the other tools, but GIMP just offers a lot of other features built pretty well. To open the Snipping tool using a keyboard shortcut, do the following: Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. If you want to be cleaner, you can use the rectangle selection tool first and then use blur so you get sharper edges.Ģ) There is also an option in the toolbar to blur selection as well (so it's more evenly blurred) - I would recommend a high (15x15) gaussian blur ( Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. I ended up just downloading and using GIMP because of it's flexibility as a tool.ġ) Simply use the blur tool and drag over the text.

I was looking for a quick solution using the preview tool as well and blocking out or cutting text won't work (since I need to give the notion that text goes there).

Snipping tool in word