TIP: Sharing Message Box Text
Ever seen a message box that you wanted to remember or share? What did you do?
If you're like most, you probably hit Alt-PrtScrn (or worse, just PrtScrn) to copy an image of the dialog to the clipboard. Then, you pasted that image into an e-mail and sent it to a large distribution list.
Invariably, someone on the list let you know exactly how much space in the message store your innocent bitmap took. Instead of getting the answer that you desperately sought, you were only derided for being wasteful with the company's resources.
Well, have I got a tip for you!
When you see the dialog box, instead of copying an image to the clipboard, you can copy the text by simply pressing Ctrl-C. That's right--the standard keyboard shortcut for Copy will cause something like this to be placed on the clipboard:
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Notepad
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The text in the Untitled file has changed.
Do you want to save the changes?
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Yes No Cancel
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Now you can paste this into an e-mail without fear of ridicule. (It also makes it easier to paste that text into a knowledge base search so you can find out what's going on.)
Enjoy!
