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MS word flaw

  • 02-08-2007 3:36pm
    #1
    BMcG05
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭


    does anyone know the flaw in all Word editions whereby if you put in a certain code, you get a huge amount of pages consisting of a single repeated sentence about a fox and horse or something???


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  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    I have heard of / seen this alright in an older verion of word. Probably "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" or something like that. I think that uses every letter in the alphabet.

    edit: Here you go: http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Funny_Microsoft_Word_Easter_Egg


  • #3
    trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,957 ✭✭✭trout


    It's not really a flaw ... it's a Word macro.

    It can be useful if you are producing complex layouts or paginating, and you need dummy text to fit around graphics and other artefacts on a document.

    It can also be useful to generate large blocks of text for font/typeface comparisions.
    I know some IT goons who use this 'feature' to generate text for testing printers & printer drivers.


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