As u know, developers sometimes put in interesting functionality in the software they make. If these make it to release, they are termed Easter Eggs...
There are many such across the software that you use...
One of them is in excel...
You would need Excel 2000 for this..(actually it is an easter egg in ms web components)
But you access this from an Excel workbook saved as an interactive web page. It Requires Excel 2000, the Microsoft Web components, and DirectX to be there on ur system. If u have excel 2000 there are good chances that other two are also present.. just give it a try...
1. Open a new Excel workbook.
2. Select File * Save as Web Page
3. In the Save As dialog, select 'Publish Sheet' and 'Add Interactivity'
4. Save to an htm file on your hard drive (any file name).
5. Open the htm file with Internet Explorer.
6. Scroll to the cell WC2000 and then scroll the sheet such that cell "WC2000" is the first cell on the left. Now Highlight the entire row by clicking on the row number of the left edge.
7. Press Crtl+Alt+Shift and click the Office logo in the upper-left corner.
Your screen will be transformed into an auto racing game, with developer credits visible on the roadway.
Use the following keys for the game:
Arrow keys: to steer and accelerate
Space bar: To fire at other cars
O: To drop oil slicks
H: To turn on/off your headlights (toggle switch).
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There are many such across the software that you use...
One of them is in excel...
You would need Excel 2000 for this..(actually it is an easter egg in ms web components)
But you access this from an Excel workbook saved as an interactive web page. It Requires Excel 2000, the Microsoft Web components, and DirectX to be there on ur system. If u have excel 2000 there are good chances that other two are also present.. just give it a try...
1. Open a new Excel workbook.
2. Select File * Save as Web Page
3. In the Save As dialog, select 'Publish Sheet' and 'Add Interactivity'
4. Save to an htm file on your hard drive (any file name).
5. Open the htm file with Internet Explorer.
6. Scroll to the cell WC2000 and then scroll the sheet such that cell "WC2000" is the first cell on the left. Now Highlight the entire row by clicking on the row number of the left edge.
7. Press Crtl+Alt+Shift and click the Office logo in the upper-left corner.
Your screen will be transformed into an auto racing game, with developer credits visible on the roadway.
Use the following keys for the game:
Arrow keys: to steer and accelerate
Space bar: To fire at other cars
O: To drop oil slicks
H: To turn on/off your headlights (toggle switch).
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