Grab & Edit Text

In this tutorial:

• Grab Text When You Capture
• Grab Text from an Image
• Edit Text in an Image
• Grab Text from a Video (Mac)

Grab Text When You Capture

Capture text from anywhere on the screen to paste into a document or another application.

1. In the Capture window, click to select the Image tab.
   
2. In the Selection dropdown, select Grab Text.
   
3. Click the Capture button or press Print Screen (Windows) or Shift+Ctrl+C (Mac).
   
4. The orange crosshairs appear. Click and drag to select the desired area on the screen.
   
5. The Grab Text Results dialog opens in Snagit Editor. Click Copy All and paste text into another application.

Grab Text from an Image

Copy and paste text from an image into a text editor such as Notepad, Microsoft Word, or an email. Snagit offers two options for copying the text in an image:

• Grab All Text in an Image
• Grab Text from Part of an Image

Grab All Text in an Image

1. In Snagit Editor, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) an image on the Canvas and select Grab Text.
   
2. In the Grab Text Results dialog, click Copy All.
   

   Note: On Mac, enable the Make Plain Text option to remove the formatting before copying the text if desired.
   

Snagit copies the text to the Clipboard for pasting into a document or other application.

Grab Text from Part of an Image

This option captures smaller areas of text within an image to improve the accuracy and quality of the text recognition.

1. In Snagit Editor, click the Selection tool.
   

   Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.

2. Click and drag to select the text.
   
3. Right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the selection and select Grab Text.
4. In the Grab Text Results dialog, click Copy All.
   

   Note: On Mac, enable the Make Plain Text option to remove the formatting before copying the text if desired.
   

Snagit copies the text to the Clipboard for pasting into a document or other application.

Edit Text in an Image

Replace or edit the text in an image to fix typos, update text, or change formatting such as font, size, or color.

1. In Snagit Editor, click the Selection tool.
   

   Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.

2. Click and drag to select the text.
   
3. Right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the selection and select Edit Text.
4. Click the text to display the floating menu and make edits to the text.
   
   

Grab Text from a Video (Mac)

Grab text from a video to copy and paste into other applications.

1. In Snagit Editor, play back a video capture.
2. Click the Pause button.
3. Control+click the Canvas and select Grab Text.
4. In the Grab Text Results dialog, edit the text (optional).
5. Click Copy All and paste the text into another application.