What Is the Snipping Tool’s Text Actions Feature? (And How to Use It)

How-To Geek

By Aman Kumar

Published 6 days ago

Need text from a picture? Meet Text Actions.

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To use Snipping Tool's Text Action feature, open the image and click the "Text Action" icon. Right-click the image and choose "Select all." Then, right-click again on the image and choose "Copy text." You can then paste the copied text anywhere you want.
You can also use the Text Action feature to redact sensitive information from images. To do this, open the image in Snipping Tool and click the "Text Action" icon. Then, click "Quick redact."

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