Baumblog EST 1968 - A blog for the Baumbachs who originated in Syracuse, NY

I got a good laugh today when I went to register for autopay on my student loan (which has been repurchased by the original company that gave me the loan....). It came up with one of those security screens in which you have to type in the word that shows up as cryptic looking letters. Many times they are nonsense words, or words that are totally random. Often you have to tilt your head in funny angles and sound out the word to figure it out. I almost fell out of my chair after I very slowly and carefully enunciated the following word:

Too funny!! I tried to print it out, but of course because it is a security feature it prints in different letters. Bummer, because I would have sent it to Jay Leno. I'm going to keep it open as long as possible. Maybe I'll take a picture with my phone.

Marc said 22 minutes later

If you're on a PC, hit your "PrtSc" or "Print Screen" button and then go into MS Paint and go to Edit -> Paste.

If you're on a Mac, hit Command(Apple key) + Shift + 3 at the same time and you'll see the image file on your desktop.
Kristen said about 1 hour later

Dang, it timed out before I could!! It was pretty darn funny though!! I tried to hit print screen but didn't know about the ms paint step.
Eric said 1 day later

Typically you have to hit "Alt" + "Print Screen" to copy the window. Then you can paste it into Paint, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, or basically any program that allows you to paste pictures into it. In case you get something like that in the future. But I doubt you'll be lucky enough to catch that again!
Abby said 1 day later

Since when? I've always used just Print Screen to copy my screen. :] I've actually never heard of combining it with the Alt key.
GJ said 2 days later

Combining it with the Alt key copies just the current app, not the whole screen. Saves you from having to edit your pic later to remove the rest of the desktop, should you just want a copy of the app's window.
Geoff said 2 days later

haha I never knew that...I just used print screen. Although with Windows 7, you get a built in screen capture program which gives you lots of flexibility to copy whatever part of the screen you want. I was kind of surprised to see that included in Windows 7....too bad for SnagIt.
Marc said 2 days later

Windows 7's screen capture program is pretty sweet. Mac OS X has one as well that's essentially the same, which lets you visually pick a window, the whole screen, or a selected part of the screen.

The Alt combination is quite useful though, good suggestion Eric.
Kristen said 3 days later

I will be fully armed with copying procedures the next time my computer tells me it farted! Thanks guys!