Microsoft bug

[slinetz]

1. open microsoft word

2. copy and past =rand(200,99)

3. press enter

 

[So]

nothing happens.

 

[So]

oh, wait, including the = sign

nothing interesting happens.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Word 2003 - printed a whole sh!tload of text.

fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

 

[Zugzwang152]

hmm, just installed all required microsoft patches, and it still does it. interesting.

So, what version are you running?

 

[screw3d]

Sure it's not a "feature"?

 

[Snapster]

It's an easter egg not a bug, which is damn old.

 

[piroroadkill]

It generates 224 pages of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.".

 

[Orsorum]

Easter egg!

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
It generates 224 pages of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.".

fortunately mine was only 4 pages ingle spaced at 12 point Times New Roman.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

anything 0<X<=200,99 works

edit: actually a lot of combos do the same thing

 

[vshah]

omg microsoft suckz!

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: vshah
omg microsoft suckz!

:roll:

 

[omniviper]

printed the whole word document out! i'll bring it to my lawyer so he can sue microsoft for adware on the brown fox! WHAHHAHA

 

[Stumps]

meh, if thats a bug, then I'm a monkey's uncle...

 

[cavemanmoron]

change the numbers
to change the amount of type.

 

[mobobuff]

That's actually a feature of Word to fill space with random text, the default being the famous fox and dog sentence. Not an Easter Egg either. Typing "Blue ", bolding it and turning it blue and then entering the About Word dialogue and clicking the W, now THAT was an Easter Egg. Unfortunately Microsoft banned Easter Eggs from all of its software so that only works with Word97 and earlier. Doing so brought up a neat pinball game which scrolled the credits of the software developers, the game itself was coded pretty poorly, as the ball would often fly through the paddles. There was also one in Excel that had to do with going to the 95th row and hitting tab, and holding down CTRL+SHIFT and clicking on the Graphs icon. Or something like that. Anyway it brought up a neat multi-colored flight simulator with a hidden stone in it that scrolled the credits and some funny anecdotes. Again only available with older versions of the software. If you're running Windows 98 and have the original Office software on it, chances are it'll have those eggs in it.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: vshah
omg microsoft suckz!

:roll:

:roll: :beer:

 

[DaTT]

Old news.....

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
That's actually a feature of Word to fill space with random text, the default being the famous fox and dog sentence. Not an Easter Egg either. Typing "Blue ", bolding it and turning it blue and then entering the About Word dialogue and clicking the W, now THAT was an Easter Egg. Unfortunately Microsoft banned Easter Eggs from all of its software so that only works with Word97 and earlier. Doing so brought up a neat pinball game which scrolled the credits of the software developers, the game itself was coded pretty poorly, as the ball would often fly through the paddles. There was also one in Excel that had to do with going to the 95th row and hitting tab, and holding down CTRL+SHIFT and clicking on the Graphs icon. Or something like that. Anyway it brought up a neat multi-colored flight simulator with a hidden stone in it that scrolled the credits and some funny anecdotes. Again only available with older versions of the software. If you're running Windows 98 and have the original Office software on it, chances are it'll have those eggs in it.

I would've called it a feature if it had been commonly available to find. However, given that's it's hidden I'd class it as an easter egg.

 

[Lonyo]

259 pages in Verdana superscript 14
No printing tho in Word 2000.

 

[randym431]

1. open microsoft word

2. copy and past =rand(200,99)

3. press enter

Koowel! That just finished my book report.

 

[sisq0kidd]

The importance of that sentence is that it has all the letters of the alphabet in it.

 

[dug777]

i only got 235 pages

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: mobobuff
That's actually a feature of Word to fill space with random text, the default being the famous fox and dog sentence. Not an Easter Egg either. Typing "Blue ", bolding it and turning it blue and then entering the About Word dialogue and clicking the W, now THAT was an Easter Egg. Unfortunately Microsoft banned Easter Eggs from all of its software so that only works with Word97 and earlier. Doing so brought up a neat pinball game which scrolled the credits of the software developers, the game itself was coded pretty poorly, as the ball would often fly through the paddles. There was also one in Excel that had to do with going to the 95th row and hitting tab, and holding down CTRL+SHIFT and clicking on the Graphs icon. Or something like that. Anyway it brought up a neat multi-colored flight simulator with a hidden stone in it that scrolled the credits and some funny anecdotes. Again only available with older versions of the software. If you're running Windows 98 and have the original Office software on it, chances are it'll have those eggs in it.

I would've called it a feature if it had been commonly available to find. However, given that's it's hidden I'd class it as an easter egg.

Taken from eeggs.com...

What is an "Easter Egg"?

Undocumented, Hidden, and Non-Obvious
An Easter Egg can't be a legitimate feature of a product, or be an obvious part of a storyline. Easter Eggs will usually stand out either because they totally don't fit with their context (like a pinball game in a word processor), or because they have a deeper hidden personal meaning to the creators, so they threw it in for entertainment.
Reproducible
Every user with the same product or combination of products must be able to produce the same result given the instructions. If others can't reproduce an Egg, then it doesn't belong in this archive.
Put There by the Creators for Personal Reasons
The Egg must have been put there on purpose, and furthermore have a personal significance to the creators beyond just making a better product (movie, TV show, software program, etc).
Not Malicious
Easter Eggs are there for fun, not to do damage.
ENTERTAINING!
The most important element... if it's not there for entertainment, it's not an Egg.

Again. It's a feature. An obscure feature, I know, but it's a feature, not an egg.

Using formulas and variables for commands are documented in the Help section for Word.