Re: Microsoft bloated code

Just go to your favorite search engine and search for "easter egg"

Bryan Dietz






Gerald Magnuson <magnuson@bcl.net> on 08/20/98 02:25:47 PM

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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

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