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Hidden code in MS Office products

by zydecolegs Sep 28, 2007 11:59PM PDT

Someone told me that MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) have some 'hidden' code in them that launches games, etc. Does anyone know how to access those? Just curious...

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The Easter Egg Archive

by ChuckT Sep 29, 2007 5:19AM PDT

They're called "Easter Eggs" and not just MS applications, but other applications from other companies have them. Even a lot of DVD movies have them. If you know the sequence (i.e. click here 3 times, go there chick there two times, hit this button ..) you may see some special sequences in the making of the movies that you would never know about.

(Look up the DVD of the movie Memento.)

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Easter eggs

by zydecolegs Oct 1, 2007 8:39PM PDT

Thanks, ChuckT! I'll go Easter egg hunting!