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smoo22
04-02-06, 01:01 PM
Someting very strange going on here.....
Open a new Microsoft Word document and type (without any spaces):

=rand(200,99)

Hit return and wait - peculiar or wot?

Anyone able to explain this at all? Just wondering..... :blink:

Lady Penelope
04-02-06, 01:07 PM
:o I got this over and over again


<span style="font-family:Verdana">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Was this the same as you smoo? Very bizarre indeed. :blink: </span>

Matthew
04-02-06, 01:34 PM
:lol: Never seen this before in Word, interesting! It isn't a virus though it would seem. :)

There's some more information about 'dummy text' on this site (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm). :)

smoo22
04-02-06, 02:09 PM
Hi

Yes LP - I get 256 pages of the same!

Matthew - Aha! Glad someone knows about these things - reassures me I'm not going nuts, so THANKS, even though it does spoil the mystery a bit :D !
I still think it's a very peculiar thing to have at all... :bigeyes:

Bonkers Mad!!!
04-02-06, 02:15 PM
i get 169 pages :lol: