Mital Kakaiya [MCSD.NET]
In Programming, Logic is everything.

Hidden feature of MS Word

Sunday, June 26, 2005 1:40 AM

1. Open Microsoft Word (Open Start Menu>Run and type “winword”) 
2. Write exactly: =rand(200,99)
3. Press ENTER key, and see what happens!!!

More Info: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=212251

I wonder how many users aware of this AutoCorrect feature? and most important, how many users really use this functionality?


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# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

I use this feature quite often... 6/26/2005 2:04 AM | Wesner Moise

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

Hey that's cool. Never knew that one. 6/26/2005 5:41 AM | Chris Williams

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

This was cool. Thanks 7/22/2005 10:21 PM | Lone ranger

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

Interesting and neccessary feature ;-)

Btw, the MS-auto-translation of the linked article makes me think. The German version (of the sample sentence) says:
"Das braune schnelle Fox springt über den verzögerten Hund. Das braune schnelle Fox springt über den verzögerten Hund. [...] Das braune schnelle Fox springt über das verzögerte dog."
1. It translates the word "lazy" as "verzögert" (its meaning in English: "decelerated", aswell as "delayed")
2. There is no German word "Fox", and writing the first letter as a capital letter (what is normal for nouns in German) does not make it one...
3. IMHO a VERY interesting feature: The translator seems to be unable to translate the word "dog" in the last sentence. The sentences before it seems to work, but it fails in the last one - why??
It also looks like all English words that remain untranslated are "das" for MS (in German the English word "the" is - depending on a noun's gender - "der", "die" or "das"). "Das Fox" and "Das dog"... I'm confused ;-)

Oli 11/29/2005 11:59 AM | Oli

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

How to activate rand if it doesn't work 11/7/2006 11:05 PM | Rajesh

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

hi
i have check that and found new "feature" (bug)
Write =rand(0,99)
Press ENTER key, and see what happens!!! 9/6/2007 10:11 PM | Ani

# re: Hidden feature of MS Word

Thats cool...now if i could only get the computer to type my research papers i'll be good lol 1/20/2009 12:46 PM | Bashan

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