MS Word Tricks and Easter Eggs

1. This is an example of liberals being biased again.
Use the Thesaurus to look up the words "Liberal" and "Conservative."
Liberal comes up with:
Open-minded
Broadminded
Moderate
Noninterventionist
Freethinking
Tolerant
Laissez-faire
Conservative comes up with:
Traditional
Conventional
Conformist
Unadventurous
Old-fashioned
Traditionalist
Old school
Yet again, liberals are made to look good, while conservatives (even if they're moderate conservatives) are made to look bad!

2. Pinball in Word 97:

1. Open a new document
2. Type "Blue"
3. Select word
4. Go to Format -> Font
5. Choose Font Style Bold, Color Blue
6. Type " " (space) after word "Blue"
7. Go to Help -> About
8. Ctrl-Shift-Left click the Word icon/banner
9. Use Z for left flipper, M for right flipper, and ESC to exit
10. Discover what Microsoft means by "Productivity Application"

3. Word 97/Excel 97 - VBA Developers Credits

1. Start Word 97 or Excel 97.
2. Press Alt + F11 to start Visual Basic.
3. Right click on the toolbar and select Customize.
4. Click on the Help menu and choose About Microsoft Visual Basic.
5. Click on the Modify button and change the name of the selection to "Show VB Credits" (no quotes).
6. Close the Customize box and click Help -> Show VB Credits.
7. The egg is activated now.

4. Word's warning

Step one: Open Microsoft Word
Step two: Go to "Choose Assistant"
Step three: Have the assistant say the tip of the day at start-up
Step four: Restart Word
Step five: Repeat until the assistant says "You can hurt yourself if you run with sissors"

5. Word 97 Thesaurus Tricks: Fun, but NOT REAL EGGS

There are a bunch of fun things you can do with the Thesaurus in Word 97, but I want to make it clear that these are NOT EGGS because they follow the expected behavior of the program. I will demonstrate:
1. In a document, type "I'd like to see you naked".
2. Highlight the phrase and select Tools->Thesaurus (or type shift-F7)
3. It will suggest the phrase "I'll drink to that" as a synonym.
4. You'll get the same answer for things like "I'd like to see Bill Clinton resign", "I'd like to see Bill Gates dead", or any phrase starting with "I'd like to..."
That's because this is EXPECTED BEHAVIOR.. if the thesaurus doesn't know an actual synonym, it shows you the closest alphabetical phrase it knows about. It might be weird, it might be funny, but it's not something the programmers hid inside the program.
Another common phrase to do this with is "unable to follow directions".
Enjoy!

I will come back with some more later...