Not even Bill Gates can explain this one

Freddie · #11 11-12-2003, 11:15 PM

what the hell is a bäckasin?

allmike · #12 11-13-2003, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

From http://www.slugnews.org/june2003/word_tips.htm

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Creating pages of copy

There may be times when you want to create a page or pages of copy—for example to practice page formatting or page numbering—and there’s a shortcut in Word 2000 with which you can type as many sections of sentences of “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” as you need.

The formula is: =rand(any number,any number) and then press Enter.

Don’t put any spaces in between the = sign and the right paragraph mark. The first number will be the number of sections and the second is the number of sentences in each section. For example, if you enter =rand(3,5) you will have 3 sections of 5 sentences each.

You'll end up with copy that looks like this:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Ice

But they use that sentence to check speed ....???

Iceman · #13 11-13-2003, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by allmike

But they use that sentence to check speed ....???

Yeah, they print it out on the screen and see how many times it can get printed. It was used so much that some video card manufaturers actually optimized their cards to print that exact sentence as fast as possible. They got caught when someone accidently made a mistake and the sentence was change by one letter. Suddenly, few of the video cards didn't perform as well as they did previously.

Ice

jess · #14 11-13-2003, 10:57 AM

maybe not Bill Gates, but Iceman can

Iceman · #15 11-13-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jess

maybe not Bill Gates, but Iceman can

I wasn't alone though, daveyboy helped too...

Ice

Not even Bill Gates can explain this one

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