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Old 24-April-2005, 07:59 AM
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Default Cute trick in Microsoft Word
I am not sure if I posted this on this forum or another one

Type in

=rand(8,10)

and hit enter

See what you get :-?

Does anyone else know any other tricks like this in Word?
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Old 24-April-2005, 08:51 AM
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thats astounding!

not at all what i was expecting. how on earth did u find out about that sticks?
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Old 24-April-2005, 11:54 AM
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Ack, I don't have MS Word... Mind explaing what happens?

(I'm guessing it doesn't print "9"?)
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Old 24-April-2005, 12:05 PM
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Plenty of easter eggs for various versions of word. It's almost tradition.
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Spoiler for those without word(highlight)
If you have word I suggest you try- It's really quite cool 8)
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Hate to be the wet blanket here. But it's little gimmicks like these that comprimise Word and other MS products. Each one of these adds to the load the application places on the machine. It's more code that can break and cause the application to fail or become vulnerable to malicious code.

If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application, it probably wouldn't take 128 friggin megabytes just to boot Windows XP. Why do I think that is obscene? Because I can boot a linux installation on 4 megabytes. Actually, I think the true minimum is like two, but with 4 you could actually do stuff.
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You can boot a Linux installation on 4 megabytes of RAM, but GNOME takes another 50 or so, and for KDE you should have at least 128 MB.

(I won't argue with you when it comes to stuff like Fluxbox or E16, though. Or XFCE for that matter, but I hold the opinion that XFCE is ugly. :P )
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You can boot a Linux installation on 4 megabytes of RAM, but GNOME takes another 50 or so, and for KDE you should have at least 128 MB.

(I won't argue with you when it comes to stuff like Fluxbox or E16, though. Or XFCE for that matter, but I hold the opinion that XFCE is ugly. :P )
You can run KDE and Gnome on less. It might be sluggish, but it will work. Winblows on the other hand simply doesn't work at all without the required amount of memory. (I know KDE Will run on less, I've run it's evil cousin CDE on less)
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If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application,
That particular function exists in a lot of editors though. It generates a whole bunch of text to populate a pre-formatting, to see if it works.

There's an egg in excel where you enter a game where you wander through a maze, and cross (and fall off) bridges. I think we talked about it before here in BABB maybe
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If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application,
That particular function exists in a lot of editors though. It generates a whole bunch of text to populate a pre-formatting, to see if it works.

There's an egg in excel where you enter a game where you wander through a maze, and cross (and fall off) bridges. I think we talked about it before here in BABB maybe
Yes, these little gimmicks have been in Microsloth products for many years and versions. And it still hasn't occured to them that they could be contributing to the stability and performance problems of their products (not that Microsoft really cares about either problem so long as OEM's continue bundling their products with their systems).
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When you write HTML- you can ender the code or type the colour for a font background etc... eg <body bgcolor="Red">
Replacing the colour with the word "crap", gives a yellowy-brown colour!

Test by typing in the adress bar (in iE)
About:<body bgcolor="crap">
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If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application,
That particular function exists in a lot of editors though. It generates a whole bunch of text to populate a pre-formatting, to see if it works.

There's an egg in excel where you enter a game where you wander through a maze, and cross (and fall off) bridges. I think we talked about it before here in BABB maybe
Yes, these little gimmicks have been in Microsloth products for many years and versions. And it still hasn't occured to them that they could be contributing to the stability and performance problems of their products (not that Microsoft really cares about either problem so long as OEM's continue bundling their products with their systems).
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I thought it had been another forum

I was clearing out old files from my e-mail box. It was originally mentioned the Readers Questions and Answers section of the Daily Mail
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If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application,
That particular function exists in a lot of editors though. It generates a whole bunch of text to populate a pre-formatting, to see if it works.

There's an egg in excel where you enter a game where you wander through a maze, and cross (and fall off) bridges. I think we talked about it before here in BABB maybe
Yes, these little gimmicks have been in Microsloth products for many years and versions. And it still hasn't occured to them that they could be contributing to the stability and performance problems of their products (not that Microsoft really cares about either problem so long as OEM's continue bundling their products with their systems).
You forgot to change that last microsoft to microsloth. :roll:
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Yoshua: I'm talking about current versions of KDE - 3.2 and later. Those will run on less than 128 megs of RAM, yes, but very slowly, or barely at all - they may even eat into swap space. GNOME can be run with only 64 megs, but it will suck badly.

BTW, for running KDE I reccomend a lot more than the 128 megs it likes: 384 megs. GNOME should be run on a machine with at least 192 megs.

As I said before, though, I won't argue with you about Fluxbox or whatever.

I do get your point about easter eggs though... Including a pinball game hidden in Word, or a maze game in Excel, adds some unnecessary bloat.
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Am I the only one who gets intensely annoyed by things like "Microsloth"? I mean, I'm not fan of Linux, but I don't go around calling it Linsucks.
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Am I the only one who gets intensely annoyed by things like "Microsloth"? I mean, I'm not fan of Linux, but I don't go around calling it Linsucks.
I'll speak up! I agree with you. =D>
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Me too. If you don't like Microsoft, just don't buy their stuff.
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If Microsloth programmers would stick to keeping only the code neccessary to running the application,
That particular function exists in a lot of editors though. It generates a whole bunch of text to populate a pre-formatting, to see if it works.

There's an egg in excel where you enter a game where you wander through a maze, and cross (and fall off) bridges. I think we talked about it before here in BABB maybe
There is another excell one with spy hunter.
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There are two games built into Excel? That is stupid. Come on, it's a spreadsheet program!

(Hmm... I wonder if EMACS has any Easter eggs like that. I wouldn't be surprised, the program is freaking huge...)
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The spy hunter excell game

1. Open Excel 2000.
2. Go to File, Save as Web Page.
3. Then Click Publish.
4. Check the little box that says "Add Interactively With"
5. Click Publish.
6. Close Excel.
7. Open IE
8. Click File,Open, Browse.
9. Go to where you saved it and click open
10. Now you should be looking at a spreadsheet.
11. Go all the way to row 2000.
12. Click column A and drag all the way to column ZZ
13. Hit Tab and it should take you back to A.
14. Hold Tab all the way to WC. When you get there make sure WC is a white box and all the others are green
15. Hold ctrl + alt + shift and left click on the four puzzle piece thing (The MS Excel Logo) in the upper left hand corner.



Looks like it nwas removed in the excell 2000 service packs. but it might still owrk.

Verified by me on excell 2000. not sure on other excells.
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It's a freaking DirectX-based game?! That's gotta add some bloat...
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and that easter egg doesn't work with my excell
You tab and it goes to B and I tried it anyway but nothing
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Am I the only one who gets intensely annoyed by things like "Microsloth"? I mean, I'm not fan of Linux, but I don't go around calling it Linsucks.
Your welcome to be annoyed by it all you like, just as I am welcome to address the company any way I please. It's called freedom of speech. Love it or kiss my buttocks.
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and that easter egg doesn't work with my excell
You tab and it goes to B and I tried it anyway but nothing
aye people posting comments mentioned that only original unpatched versions it works with. i assume you have one with a service pack or excell xp.
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It saids 2002 whatever that means
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