🖨️ Printer secret: Most printers have a “draft mode” that uses lots less ink when you don’t need anything fancy. (Some call it “economy mode” or “fast mode.”) To try it, open a document or file, hit Print, then go to Properties or Preferences and look for Draft mode.
How to save images from a Word doc or PDF
When you want to send a document as is, a PDF is the way to go. Adobe created the Portable Document Format to allow you to share manuals, forms, resumes, contracts, scanned material, pages from a book, eBooks and more to any device without changing its look or ruining the format.
Ever want to save a webpage to take a closer look later? You can take a screenshot or copy a text, but a better way is to save the page as a PDF on your PC or Mac. You can even eliminate ads while doing so. Tap or click here for instructions on saving a webpage as a PDF.
While PDFs are great for preserving documents as they’re meant to be, sometimes you’ll want to save just a part of one. You may want to take an image, graph or chart from a PDF to use elsewhere. We’ll show you how to do this on PC, Mac, iOS and Android.
Snipping Tool on PC
Windows 10 and 11 have a built-in tool that lets you take a screenshot of a portion of whatever you have displayed on the screen.
- Open the PDF you want to extract an image from.
- Press the Windows logo key + Shift + S or type snipping tool in search. The desktop will darken while you select an area for your screenshot.
- Rectangular mode is selected by default. You can change the shape of your snip by choosing one of the other options in the toolbar: Window mode, Full-screen mode, and Free-form mode.
- The screenshot is automatically copied to your clipboard. Select the notification that pops up for more editing options and to save it to your computer.
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Crop a PDF on Mac
You can crop a PDF in Preview mode on your Mac.
- Open the PDF you want to extract an image from.
- Click the Rectangular Selection button in the Markup toolbar. If it’s not showing up, click the Show Markup Toolbar button.
- Click and drag on the portion of the page you want to keep.
- Click the Crop button in the Markup toolbar.
Crop a screenshot on iOS
The easiest way to crop a portion of a PDF on your iPhone is to take a screenshot and then cut out what you want.
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What’s your function? On a PC, F2 lets you rename a selected file or folder, and F3 allows you to search within an open or active application. Alt + F4 closes your active window, and pressing F5 lets you refresh or reload a page or document window. Now you know.
YouTube trick: There might be a good reason you need a solid screenshot of a single frame of a YouTube video. Now, it’s easy to do. Pause the video, right-click on it and select Copy video frame. Sweet! Just paste it into a chat, image editor or document.
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