Microsoft Tool for you as a Leading North Dakota Legislator………..
Provided by Mary Janusz from the North Dakota Legislative Council
Use the Snipping Tool in Vista to Capture Images of your Computer Screen and Manipulate the Images
How to get to the Snipping Tool – Start – All Programs – Accessories – Snipping Tool
Sometimes, verbally conveying your thoughts may not be as effective as using a picture. Windows Vista provides a screen-capture tool the Snipping tool, which you can use to capture an image of any part of the desktop or any program that is open.
Snipping Tool
The Snipping tool allows you to capture the screen or window of an active application. This tool provides four types of snipping options:
1. Free-form Snip. Draw an irregular line, such as a circle or a triangle, around an object.
2. Rectangular Snip. Draw a precise line by dragging the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
3. Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.
4. Full-screen Snip. Captures the entire screen when you select this type of snip.
The captured image is then displayed in a preview window in which you can annotate, share, and save the image.
Snipping Tool Options
Application Provides options for hiding the instruction text, copying snips to the clipboard, adding URLs below the snips (for files saved as HTML), prompting to save snips, displaying Snipping tool button on the Quick Launch toolbar, and enabling or disabling screen overlay.
Selection Provides options to enable to disable the selection ink color from appearing on the captured image.
Selection Ink Color When you select the area to be captured, a border appears around the selection area. You can choose the ink color of this border.
Screen Overlay When you capture a snip, a faded white screen appears until you select the region that you want to capture.
How to Use the Snipping Tool
Procedure Reference: Capture Images Using the Snipping Tool
1. Make sure the item you want to capture is visible on your computer screen.
2. Choose Start – All Programs – Accessories – Snipping Tool
3. In the Snipping Tool window, from the New drop-down list, select the desired option to capture the image.
4. If you need to change the screen appearance or the snip type before you capture the screen, click Cancel to cancel the snip, adjust the screen appearance, and select a different snipping type from the New drop-down list.
5. Drag or click to select the desired portion of the screen that you want to capture.
6. If desired, annotate the image.
· From the Pen drop-down list, select the desired pen color to use to highlight or mark a particular region.
· Click the Highlighter button and highlight the desired portion of the image.
· If necessary, click the Eraser button and erase the desired highlighting.
7. If desired, use your Outlook email client to share the snips via email.
· From the File menu, select Send To and select the E-mail Recipient or E-mail Recipient (As Attachment) option.
8. Save the snip.
a. Open the Save As dialog box.
· Choose File – Save As
· Or, click the Save Snip button.
b. If desired, navigate to a different file location.
c. In the File Name text box, type the desired name.
d. From the Save As Type drop-down list, select the desired file type and click Save.
Mary Janusz
The Agenda from Wednesday’s Information Technology Interim Committee Meeting in Bismarck, North Dakota………………………
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Harvest Room, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
9:00 a.m. Call to order
Roll call
Consideration of the minutes of the June 5, 2008, meeting
LEGISLATIVE APPLICATIONS REPLACEMENT SYSTEM COMPUTER PROJECT
9:05 a.m. Presentation by a representative of the Legislative Council regarding the status of the
legislative applications replacement system computer project
REPORT FROM THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
9:10 a.m. Presentations by Ms. Lisa Feldner, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology
Department, and representatives of the Information Technology Department of:
• A report on the recommendations of the State Information Technology Advisory
Committee regarding major software projects for consideration, pursuant to North
Dakota Century Code Section 54-59-02.1
• A report on the Statewide Longitudinal Data System Committee’s plan for a
longitudinal data system, including the status of the Department of Public
Instruction’s efforts to submit a proposal for a federal grant to assist with the
implementation of a statewide longitudinal data system
• Information regarding best practices in information technology contracts
• Recommended information technology statutory changes
HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
11:00 a.m. Presentation by a representative of the North Dakota University System regarding:
• The most recent quarterly summary status report on large information technology
projects
• Information technology-related budget requests for the 2009-11 biennium
• A status report on the Northern Tier Network project
11:30 a.m. Luncheon recess – Travel to St. Alexius Medical Center, 900 East Broadway Avenue,
Bismarck
OTHER BUSINESS
12:30 p.m. Presentation by representatives of the North Dakota Health Information Technology
Steering Committee regarding the committee’s activities, including a demonstration of
the St. Alexius Medical Center electronic medical records system
1:30 p.m. Recess – Return to Harvest Room, State Capitol, Bismarck
HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
1:45 p.m. Presentation by a representative of Dickinson State University regarding the university’s
Theodore Roosevelt Center, including information on the digitization program with the
Library of Congress and related information technology needs
2:00 p.m. Comments by Ms. Feldner regarding Dickinson State University’s information
technology needs relating to the university’s Theodore Roosevelt Center
2
INFORMATION SYSTEM AUDIT
2:15 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the State Auditor’s office of the Information
Technology Department information system audit (December 31, 2007)
LARGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT REPORTING
2:25 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Information Technology Department regarding
the most recent quarterly summary status report on large information technology
projects, including any department concerns regarding information technology projects
2:35 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Department of Human Services regarding:
• The status of the Medicaid management information system replacement project
• A project startup report for the department’s electronic benefits transfer project
• A project closeout report for the department’s Medicaid enterprise management and
administrative reporting system project
• The department’s Child Support Enforcement Division awards
3:05 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Secretary of State’s office regarding:
• The agency’s plan for a new system for the agency’s central indexing system
functions
• A project closeout report for the agency’s central voter file project
3:20 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Office of Management and Budget of a project
startup report for the agency’s absence management project
3:30 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Information Technology Department of a project
startup report for the department’s Criminal Justice Information Sharing Initiative portal
project
3:40 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the State Department of Health of a project startup
report for the department’s disease surveillance management system project
3:50 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Attorney General’s office of a project closeout
report for the agency’s automated fingerprint identification system upgrade
OTHER BUSINESS
4:00 p.m. Committee discussion and staff directives, including discussion on any recommended
information technology statutory changes
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
Committee Members
Senators Larry J. Robinson (Chairman), Randel Christmann, Richard Marcellais, Tom Seymour, Rich
Wardner
Representatives Craig Headland, Keith Kempenich, David Monson, Kenton Onstad, Mark S. Owens,
Robin Weisz
Chief Information Officer Lisa Feldner
Senator Tom Seymour