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Hidden in Microsoft Word?
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A while back a national newspaper printed certain codes or phrases you can type when using Word. These codes bring up all kinds of messages and graphics, including an in-joke about Bill Gates. Does anyone know any of these phrases?
BTW I'm not talking about the wingdings 9/11 conspiracy regarding Word.
BTW I'm not talking about the wingdings 9/11 conspiracy regarding Word.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.These hidden features are called Easter Eggs and they are hidden in computer programs and also DVDs and so on.
Search the web for Easter Eggs and you find a few places where they are listed.
See here for a site
http://www.eeggs.com/
Here is their page for Word but I have no idea how up to date they are:
http://www.eeggs.com/tree/558.html
Wiki entry here for more info about Easter Eggs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs_in_Mi crosoft_products
Search the web for Easter Eggs and you find a few places where they are listed.
See here for a site
http://www.eeggs.com/
Here is their page for Word but I have no idea how up to date they are:
http://www.eeggs.com/tree/558.html
Wiki entry here for more info about Easter Eggs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs_in_Mi crosoft_products
There's an old chestnut as well (not really an Easter Egg) - try typing =rand(10) on a line on its own in Word!
Details here:-
http://world-amazing-facts.blogspot.com/2006_0 3_19_archive.html
Details here:-
http://world-amazing-facts.blogspot.com/2006_0 3_19_archive.html