Snip Information

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When you snip content from the Internet, PageSnip automatically gathers and stores information about where and when the snip was taken. This information helps you remember where the snip came from (important if you are doing web research) and it also makes it easy to return to the URL where the snip was taken.


You can access this information by clicking the Info icon.



The Snip Information screen looks like this:



The information displayed on this screen is:

URL - the location where the snip was taken

Snip Date - the date the snip was taken

Snip Time - the time the snip was taken

Snip Type - the type of snip

PageSnip has different modes that can be used to capture information in different ways.

The Snip Types are:

·	HTML - the snip is captured with HTML formatting (this is the "Add Selection" option on the context menu)

·	TEXT - the snip is captured with HTML formatting, then the text is extracted by PageSnip (this is the "Add Text" option on the context menu)

·	PAGE - the entire page is downloaded and saved (this is the "Add Page option on the context menu)

·	IMAGE - a image is captured (this is the "Add Image" option on the context menu that appears only when the mouse pointer is over a image)

·	CAPTURE - this is a screen capture of a user selected area (this is the "Screen Capture" option on the context menu)

There are buttons on this window that will open Windows Explorer into the folder where the your snipped content is stored and also buttons to launch the web browser of your choice to take you back to the URL where the snip was taken.

Closing the Information Screen automatically.


You can select this option to automatically close the Information Screen when you click any button.



In case you ever need access to them, PageSnip makes it easy for you to access the files that were gathered when you took the snip.


Just click this button to open Windows Explorer into the Snip Folder.

When you click this button you will see:



After you click Ok then Windows Explorer will open into the folder where the snip is stored:



Note: Since PageSnip is managing your snip content for you - you should never modify or remove any stored file outside of PageSnip. If you do then you can break links to stored content or cause other undesirable effects.




Returning to the URL where the snip was taken

PageSnip makes it easy to return to the URL where you snipped your content.


Just click one of the browser buttons and that browser will be launched to the URL where the snip was taken.


Automatic Browser Detection

PageSnip attempts to automatically locate all of the standard web browsers that are installed on your system.

If it is unable to locate any of them - then a "No" icon will appear on the button instead of the program icon .


If you know that you have the browser installed (perhaps in a different location) or you want to download the missing browser, click on the icon of the missing browser button and PageSnip will show a window like this (Safari PC shown here):



When you click the "Locate" button, PageSnip will display a screen like this:


You browse to where the filename shown is located and click the Open button.

Then PageSnip will remember where to find that browser and it will be available in the Information screen.


If you don't have the browser installed - then you can click the download button to be taken to the website where you can download the browser you selected.

Note: You will need to follow instructions from the website and installer to correctly install the browser you download as such information is beyond the scope of this help file.

If you don't find or select the filename for the browser then you will see this screen:


and the browser will still not be available on the Information screen.



If you do not want to go to the URL where the snip was taken or open Windows Explorer to the location where the files are stored, then click this button: