open a blank word document...
type =rand(200,99) and press <enter>
even bill gates don't know bout this.. :D
does anyone knows other func that react just like this?
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open a blank word document...
type =rand(200,99) and press <enter>
even bill gates don't know bout this.. :D
does anyone knows other func that react just like this?
LOL.. That's pretty cool... "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Whoever knew that the programmers at Microsoft had a sense of humor?! ;)
= Cheers, jag291 =
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This got me so interested into Word that I actually did a search for this and found out that this function checks that all the letters show up from the English language (A-Z), otherwise I haven't found any other logical use for it.
For those who can't get this to work, you don't include the "type" before the "=".
You may want to move this gcc, I don't see how this is security related.
-NeuTron
heh, that's really cool
kewl
Hidden functions such as this are known as Easter Eggs. There is a site that is dedicated to these ( http://www.eeggs.com/ ) and there are easter eggs for many different things.
I have seen the egg that is the topic of this thread, but I don't remember where. Also, in Internet Explorer, try "about:mozilla" instead of "about:blank"... But I don't know too much how this deals with security, unless you could exploit these eggs... ;)
-Tim_axe
it seemed fun and i had anything to do so i started changing the numbers and this were my results. they aren't complete but you get the idea.
=rand(200,99) 151 pages
=rand(200,98) 147
=rand(200,89) 136
=rand(200,01) 4 pages but its in 1 column
=rand(200,02) 4 pages in 2 columns
=rand(200,03) 8 pages
=rand(200,10) 19 pages
you get the idea
Yup....stuff like that is why the folks at M$ make "the big bucks".....
;)
Geez... I ran that on MS Office Word 2003 (Beta 2 Tech Refresh) and it output 235 pages. Kinda overboard, don't ya think? :)
AJ
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htmQuote:
Like jokes, urban legends, and virus hoaxes, tips about Word’s little-used or undocumented features periodically makes their way around the Internet, occasioning a wave of postings in Word newsgroups. One of these is =rand(), which is sometimes represented as an Easter egg, sometimes feared as a possible virus. It is neither. It is a Word function (undocumented in the online Help but documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base) that can be useful in certain circumstances.
Yeah we used this function for testing purposes when i worked in printer tech support. *yawns*
that eggs site is nice. and now I can walk up behind people and when they turn thre back typein that command and mess with there reports.
the eeggs.com whas really something... i never knew that they (m$) knows how to have fun ;)..
heh that is cool... thanks for the link Tim_Axe
Hey thanks Tim_axe that eeggs site is so funny.
Thanks for the eeggs link. The movie info is quite interesting.
well try to open the file studio.exe shiped with winamp 3 in a resource editor and look on the dialog box 103 :)
enjoy
kewl...
Read your post 'cuz I needed to know what m$ (or was it $m) was. I opened my word processor and found out that it might be Microsoft.
Just me, another newbie who learned something indirectly.
Tnks
A Spoiler for people not having winamp3 or not wanting to download Resource Hacker..
thx for the tip Microbill
kewl...
Read your post 'cuz I needed to know what m$ (or was it $m) was. I opened my word processor and found out that it might be Microsoft.
Just me, another newbie who learned something indirectly.
Tnks
hey jjv
M$ is slang for MS wich is short for Microsoft.. ( http://www.antionline.com/jargon/M$.php )
so yeah.. you are right.. (but posting a question twice (exact copy) is not the way to go on AO)
so I'll give you a couple of pointers.
AO FAQ
Jargon
AO netiquette
Incidentally, you can have fun with a bit of software bloat if you have Excel 97. Open a new blank work sheet, press F5,and type X97:L97 in the "Reference" box, then click OK. Tab once. (You should end up in cell M97.) Press Ctrl+Shift while clicking once on the "chart wizard" icon (at the top with the blue-yellow-red bar chart) and you are now in the Excel Flight Simulator mode. Steer with the mouse, use the buttons to zoom in and out, and look for the monolith with the programmer credits. You can exit the screen by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc (or hit escape to quit,but then you must restart Excel).