Try this
open a new word document, type in "= rand (20,99)", press enter.
aparantly even the microsoft ppl doesnt know why it happens.
PS> dont worry, it wont crash your computer or anything.
Disclaimer: i swear i'm not a geeky tech-y engineer type person! i was, however, informed of this by my friend - my link to the geeky techy engineering world. :-)
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23 pages of the quick brown fox on office 2003, interesting, I agree with V one of the developers probably needed a way to quickly fill in lots of pages with test content
a "macro" eh? i've always wondered what they are - i guess whilst this is an example of one, i still dont really understand wat they are...
and Stephen - the person who sent me the original put in (200,99) which means i got aout 254pages of quick brown fox!
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I think the numbers are
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The Microsoft people are more than aware of this. It's called an "Easter Egg" - toys such as this one, hidden inside an application, are much beloved of programmers. I seem to remember that one particular version of Excel had a flight simulator hidden inside it. And my copy of Photoshop has a duck looking into a fairground mirror :o)
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