Microsoft's Snipping Tool on Windows 11 is a handy way to capture specific screenshots on your PC, and it's now getting an upgrade to make copying text from images way easier. In a blog post published ...

The latest update to Microsoft PowerToys adds three new features, a screen ruler, a quick accent tool, and a text extractor. The update also adds a plugin that lets ...

Why it matters: Windows 11's Snipping Tool already allows you to copy text from images, offering functionality similar to Apple's Live Text – but Microsoft's implementation involves a few more steps.

The Screen Ruler utility in PowerToys lets you measure pixels on your screen based on image edge direction. This feature is helpful for graphics designers, 3D designers, etc., as they can measure the ...

So, of course, there's a PowerToys utility for that. The recently added Light Switch utility lets you create a global custom ...

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of tools that have been around since the days of Windows 95. They're made and maintained by Microsoft, but they don't come pre-installed on your Windows device, which is ...

Microsoft's open-source PowerToys tool is a great way to customize your Windows experience. It has options to optimize app windows for big monitors, preview new image types in File Explorer, and more.

According to yesterday’s Windows Insider blog post, Microsoft is currently testing a new version of the Snipping Tool in Windows 11, which is now available to Windows Insiders on both Canary and Dev ...