How to Highlight the Cursor on Snagit
You can use SnagIt, a screen-capture utiltiy, to create screen captures with your mouse cursor highlighted. While SnagIt can’t automatically highlight the cursor in each screenshot you take, you can use the SnagIt editor’s highlight tool to add the highlight yourself. SnagIt doesn’t include an image of your cursor by default, so you also have to turn on the Include Cursor option before capturing an image of your screen.
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Instructions
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Launch SnagIt by clicking “Start,” typing “SnagIt” into the search box and pressing “Enter.”
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Click the “Input” menu under Profile Settings and enable the “Include Cursor” option by clicking it if it doesn’t have a check mark next to it.
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Click the “Output” menu under Profile Settings and enable the “Preview in Editor” option if it’s disabled.
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Click the red “Capture” button to start a screen capture.
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Click and drag with your mouse to select the region of your screen you want to capture. Release the left mouse button when finished. The screen capture image appears in the SnagIt Editor window that opens.
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Click the highlighter-shaped “Highlight Area” icon under Drawing Tools on the ribbon at the top of your screen. The Drawing Tools section appears under the Home tab.
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Select a color to highlight the cursor with by clicking it in the Styles section to the right of the Drawing Tools section.
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Click and drag around the cursor in your screen capture image to highlight it. Release the left mouse button to highlight the area you selected.
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Click the “Save” icon at the upper left corner of the SnagIt Editor window and save the screen capture image to your computer.
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Tips & Warnings
You can click “Save Current Profile’s Settings” to the right of Profiles to save the changes you make to the profile’s input and output settings. If you don’t, you’ll have to change these settings each time you open SnagIt.
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