× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  • Subject: Re: Microsoft bloated code
  • From: Gerald Magnuson <magnuson@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:25:47 -0500



Neil Palmer wrote:

> Looking at this, it's no wonder NT 5.0 is getting so bloated !
>
>
> 1.      Go into Microsoft Excel and open a new worksheet.
> 2.      Press F5 - Goto
> 3.      Enter the range X97:L97 in the "Reference" box.  Click OK (or
>         press Enter).
> 4.      Press Tab once to move to cell M97
> 5.      Now, hold down the Shift and Control Keys, and click on the
>         Chart Wizard icon.
>
> Viola...You now have a flight simulator, controlled by the mouse.
> Left Click Zooms In (Speeds Up), Righ Click Zooms out (slows down).
> You will find a monolith on the Horizon that has a message scrolling
> across it, which starts "In the beginning, there was nothing, then
> there was Excel 97"  This will list the entire Excel 97 development
> team.  This is almost as neat as the "Unable to follow directions"
> Easter Egg.  No wonder this software is so large.
> (Esc exits).
>

Does anyone know of a good list of the "gateways" to the credit screens for
various
software programs?

Gerald Magnuson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Knapheide Manufacturing Company


+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---


As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...

Follow-Ups:
Replies:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.