Undoubtedly, OneNote is another useful component of Microsoft’s productivity suite, aka Office. Using OneNote, you can easily clip your immediate notes. For this to be worked out, you need to press Windows Key + S combination on the keyboard, and the note can be clipped progressively on the screen.
Screen Clipping Shortcut in OneNote not working
This Windows + S combination to clip worked perfectly until I upgraded my Windows, then, the same keyword combination brought up the search experience, so I didn’t get the Screen Clipping options. In other words, Screen Clipping hotkeys are not working as I upgraded, irrespective of the Office iteration I’m using.
Assign Different Hot Keys For Screen Clipping
We can easily assign different hotkeys to OneNote functionality to fix this issue using Registry Editor since modifying system files to alter Windows + S might be risky. So, here is how to assign different hotkeys to get screen clipping in Office:
1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type Regedt32.exe in the Run dialog box, and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office.0\OneNote\Options\Other
We’ve assumed that you’re using Office 2013, so 15.0 has been mentioned.
If you’re using Office 2010, replace it with 14.0. If you’re using Office 2007, replace it with 12.0.
3. In the right pane of this location, create a new DWORD using Right-click -> New -> DWORD Value.
Name the newly created DWORD as ScreenClippingShortcutKey, double click on the same DWORD to modify it:
4. Put the Value data equal to 41; it will set the hotkeys to Windows Key + A.
Make sure you don’t use those hotkeys Value data already assigned in Windows by shortcut. Click OK after inputting desired Value data. Close the Registry Editor and reboot to get results.
I hope that helps!
How to take screenshots using OneNote without opening it?
You can change the behavior of the OneNote in the system tray to take screenshots instead of opening OneNote. You also need to ensure that the OneNote icon is visible (taskbar corner overflow), so all you need to do is click, which will bring up the screen capture interface.
To do that, right-click the OneNote icon in the system tray, click one OneNote icon defaults and change it to the Take screen clipping option. Done that, when you click on the OneNote icon, it will bring up the screen capture mode.
What is the alternate to OneNote Screen Clipping?
You can use Windows built-in screen capturing Win + Shift + S to take a screenshot and then paste it into OneNote. While doing it from OneNote makes it more intuitive, with the Windows method, you have the flexibility to use it any number of times and more control over where you can paste it.
Why not just use Shift+Win+S without some registry hacks?
^^ Not working for me.
I have OneNote via Office 365 subscription, perhaps I have received the update mentioned at http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/06/27/try-windows-8-1-preview-and-bring-back-your-favorite-shortcut-key.aspx “The new OneNote shortcut key will be Windows + Shift + S, but this won’t be available until later in the year as an update.”
Thanks, Kapil! Your post has really helped)
Just want to say for those that stumble upon this that the Shift+Windows+S shortcut is currently working with Office365/Office 2013
Works for me – tried on a Windows 8.1 + Office 2013 installation
You can also do Win+N+S to bring up the One Note script tool and then S (without the Win key). This works if the Shft+Win+S doesn’t work
When I do Shift+Win+S, suddenly my screen zooms (cutting off part of what I wanted to screen clip). Any ideas on how to fix?
^^ Try if reinstallation of Office helps.
I followed your instructions, Kamil, but the combination Windows key + A did not work. I noticed that next to the Screen clipping logo there was (S). I typed S and there it was, they grey screen ready to take a clipping.
^^ It worked for me, strange to know why it couldn’t worked for you.
Same here when screen extension is not well recognized (tablet+extra screen)
I was going to apply this registry change, but I discovered my second choice (C) was also taken, as well as (X)…. so naturally I tried the next key in line, and found (Z) to be available… which for ergonomics is a familiar stroke, due to the similarity to CTRL+Z for universal undo…. BUT, I discovered through my tinkering that WIN+N brings up the little “Send To OneNote” application. I then discovered while the app has focus just pressing (S) starts the OneNote Screen Clip feature… So in the end the old way of starting Screen Clip is only slightly different than the new way already built in to OneNote. SO… instead of WIN+S, Perform a WIN+N,S. Voila.. & Ciao
Also the below mention WIN+SHIFT+S works now… :D
Thanks!
Has anyone found a solution for the zooming issue when using screen clipping with 2+ screens in windows extended mode? It has something to do with “Make text and other items larger or smaller” as I managaed to get that work at some point.. but seems inconsistent. Thanks
^^ This could be due to variation in DPI Settings. Make sure you use the default DPI Settings on both the screens.
Yeah that would work.. but clearly not an option. New laptops like Lenovo x1 carbon have a very high res/dpi! compared to the typical monitor (mine are – only – 2 years old)
^^ You can also try to disable hardware acceleration, and see if that helps!
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/blurry-fonts-poor-display-scaling-office-2013
thanks for the quick response. It didn’t help unfortunately.
Thank you! Rededt, while I appreciate that Kapil wrote this entry, is an unacceptable end user method to fix.
Did you ever find a solution to this? I’m having the same issue and pretty annoyed by it
nice. the win+shift+S shortcut worked for me, not on o365 but on win 8.1. back in business. thanks!
Thanks!
This doesn’t work under Windows 10… ?
I’m using Office 2010 and Windows 8.1. WIN+SHIFT+S does nothing. When I do WIN+N, a little OneNote window opens, but then S just types an “S”. If I actually open OneNote and click “Insert, Screen Clipping,” I get a ghost image of that OneNote menu over my screen clipping. What am I doing wrong?
How do I make it work with Office 2007 on Windows 8.1?
Thanks Kapil it’s working
thank you !!!!!
^^ Glad we could help!
open OneNote–>FILE menu–>Options–>Send To One note–>Screen Clipping:choose Page where stores the screen clip
I tried your way, it works for me, thank you!!
It didn’t work for me till I restarted my Surface Pro
Thank you Palo
what if I want to do this in windows 10 and win+a is also taken, I see that win+y is not taken/doesn’t do anything, what is the regedit value for win+y, if 41 is the value data for win+a?
Wonderful that worked out well for me and I have had to put it into action on a few occasions. Now a new problem has reared its ugly head.
Need this same fix but for Windows 10 and OneNote 10.
Hope I can get this fixed asap as I use this shortcut key like 100 x a day.
Try 79
Thanks, it doesn’t work though. I also have office 2010 & see you have the same problem. I put the value “79” in the office/14.0/onenote/options/other in ScreenClippingShortcutKey for REG_DWORD in a hexadecimal base, the data value on regedit says 0x00000079 (121). Does anyone know if a chart exists anywhere for these values, like for win+o or win+j or any other combination of keys. Or hopefully someone else finds a different workaround.
Hi,
You can set a new letter, like Y. So the shortcut for the screen clipping it will be like this: Win+Y.
The setup is very easy, just change the value to 59 on ScreenClippingShortcutKey – redegit program.
??Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice12.0OneNoteOptionsOther
See the screenshot in one of my posts here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-onenote/onenote-screen-clipping-tool-hotkeys-in-windows-10/f454aa9d-c295-478c-8496-4146c1ba5876?rtAction=1439651196676
To have a look on the hex values for the keyboard keys, check this: link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/descapa/archive/2006/11/17/changing-the-onenote-screen-clipping-and-new-side-note-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx
I hope it works for you.
Brgds,
Bruno Heck
Has anyone tried this with Win10 ?
Yes, I tried it with Windows 10. It does not work. I tried many keyboard shortcuts but none worked. Any ideas on how to fix this issue?
Same problem here… Just switched to Win10 and lost my screen clipping shortcut :-(
Instead of this: “HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0OneNoteOptionsOther”, with Windows 10, I found only under 12.0 the “OneNoteOptionsOther” route. There, I tried to set the key combination Win+A, but there was another shortcut assigned to that, already. So that I tried to add Valued data 59 (which I read about in this idscussion) to set Win+Y key combination, but it did not work, at least not with Windows 10. What Value date should I enter for this version of Windows to set up this Win+Y as a shortcut to OneNote screen clipping? I have checked, and no short cut combiantion is associated with it yet. So I guess it should work..
works for me, many thanks.
I’ve updated to Win10 office 2013.
much appreciated
just Win+N, then S, that’s will work fine.
just Win+N, then S, that’s will work fine. :)
Thank you! I am going to try it. Did you mean I should give the Win+N key combination and in the end I would be able to do the screen clips with the Win+S combination??
In the meanwhile I have good news too! If you use Windows Edge to search the web, that has screen clipping option, as well as potion to writing on (taking notes on and marking certain parts of what is on the screen). So that with the Edge the screen clipping works, at least – but not yet on not online pages.
I look forward to your reply!
No, that just goes to One Note 365 or 2015 whatever. We upgraded from Windows 7 and are still using One Note 2007 which has ALL our notes on multiple computers! We don’t want to and cannot upgrade these others or upgrade to newer Office! Wife just wants this laptop to allow her to capture clippings as she previously did with Win+S with any key combo that will work. Win+S, Win+A taken… Win+Y doesn’t work… Win+C doesn’t work… rebooting takes annoying buckets of time…
With my O365 account it appears I have 2 versions of OneNote. A windows store app and an O2013 desktop version. The windows store version does not work, while with the 2013 version the WIN + SHIFT + S shortcut works.
As for the registry edit option, I do not have OneNote folders in my registry, while I do have the Office/15.0 and even an Office/16.0 folder. Posted from Windows 10.
Just tried the WIN + SHIFT + S on Win10 & MS Office 2016 (O365): Working!!!
I just upgraded to Windows 10 and lost the screen clipping shortcut in OneNote (Win+S). I have Office Professional Plus 2010. Previous suggestions aren’t working – any other ideas?
any joy? Same boat here. Tried the regedit and I can see it is highlighting the screen clipping icon in the notification area but it doesn’t get as far as screen clipping…
None of these combinations are working for me in Windows 10.
Could pls anyone help me with that? I use Windoes 10 and OneNote 2010. In the “Option” Folder it does not show the folder “other”, just two folders: “path” and “save”
**This post will be helpful for people using Windows 10 Home and have Office 2016 installed.
I’ve been a big fan of OneNote 2013 and the screen clipping tool was the one i used it for the most. However, like most of you here, it has been very frustrating that i was unable to find this feature once i upgraded to Win10. I read a lot of posts about the using the shortcut key (Win+Shift+S), or even looking for the little icon in the notification bar (bottom right) but couldn’t find any. This was really disappointing and got me frustrated to the point where i almost went back to Office 2013, until i stumbled upon a post from MS and realized i’ve been using the wrong application all along!!! Apparently MS have a built in version of OneNote on Windows 10 that’s simply called “OneNote” which is what i seemed to be using. This app, although visually enhanced, doesn’t have the screen clipping tool. So, all you need to do, is search for “OneNote2016” app and start using that instead – Wola! the screen clipping works with the shortcut (Win+Shift+S) and you should also find the icon in the notification tab.
i hope this helps!
Works for me on windows 10 & onenote 2016
This is a great post – thank you. I used above method for my Windows 8.1 and office 2013 – Win+A shortcut for long time ago.
Just upgraded to Windows 10 and office 2016 yesterday and I found I have to press Win+Shift+A to make the screen clipping work without any registry modifications. I guess it’s because from Windows 10, the hexadecimal key is case sensitive so 41 is the capital A and I need to use Shift+A?
Just have to do an extra step now with any scenario mentioned…. Which is “go to one note, right click; and Paste. LOL never had to do this step before.