Hidden Secrets

Espionage in Excel

You need: Excel 2000 and DirectX

Do the following :

1. Open a new worksheet in Excel 2000.

2. Select File, Save as Web Page.

3. Select Publish and check the box marked Add interactivity with.

4. Save the file as spy.html. Be sure to note the folder you saved the file in.

5. Load Internet Explorer, and choose File, Open and locate spy.html. The spreadsheet should appear in the middle of the page.

6. Scroll to row 2000, column WC. Select row 2000, and move the tab key until WC is the active column in that row.

7. Hold down Shift-Crtl-Alt and click the Office logo in the upper-left corner of the dialog box.

8. Get ready to play a spy hunter-type game. Use your keyboard to move around and make things happen: The arrow keys let you drive; the space bar will let you fire; "O" lets you drop oil slicks; and "H" will turn on your headlights when it gets dark.

Name The Volcanoes

You need: Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition

Do the following :

1. Select Start, Settings, Control Panel and launch Display.
2. Choose the Screen Saver tab.
3. Select 3D Text in the Screen Saver drop-down list and click Settings.
4. In the Display Text box, type volcano.

5. Now, Preview the screensaver , you will see the names of various volcanos displayed !

AOL Surprise

You need: AOL version 5.0 or Higher

Do the following :

1. Turn up your sound a bit.

2. Within your AOL program, go to the AOL keyword search field.

3. Type aol://1391:43-52114.

4. Watch a little box pop up on your screen that shows you something very cute. It will wave to you.

Mysterious Text !

You need: Microsoft Word 97, 2000, or Word 2002

Do the following :

1. Word, select Tools, AutoCorrect. In the dialog box that appears, is the Replace text as you type box checked? If it isn't, check that box. Now you're ready to go.

2. Open a new document and type =rand().

3. Press Enter.

4. Watch the sequence of sentences appear, feel a chuckle coming on, and try to make sense of the repetitive text.

5. Experiment and change the amount of text by adding different digits, say, =rand(15,22) or =rand(50,50).

6.Watch the mysterious text appear again and feel more chuckles coming on.

MS word Animation

You need: Word 2000

Do the following :

1. Open a new Word 2000 document.

2. Type Bill Ggates

3. Choose Help, Show the Office Assistant.

4. You need to get Rocky(The Dog).If you don't have Rocky as your default, right-click on the assistant icon, highlight Choose Assistant, and click Next until Rocky shows up. (You may need to insert your Office 2000 CD at this point.)

5. Run Word's spelling checker by clicking the ABC icon in the toolbar, and watch Rocky react to his boss's name.

6. If Rocky doesn't do something cute the first time, perform the spelling check a few times.

Windows 98 Credits With Music

You need: Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition

Do the following :

1. Using your mouse, right-click an empty spot on your Windows desktop.

2. Select New, Shortcut.

3. Select Browse and find the C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Welcome folder.

4. Select Weldata.exe by double-clicking the file. The file name will appear at the end of your

shortcut's command line.

5. Click Next.

6. Click Finish to save your shortcut.

7. Right-click your newly created shortcut and select Properties.

8. Be careful: Click the Shortcut tab.

9. In the Target field, scroll to the end of the command line, (right after "...Weldata.exe"), add a space after the quotation mark, and then add this exact string of characters: You_are_a_real_rascal.

10. In the Run area, select Minimized.

11. Click OK to save your changes.

12. Back on the desktop, double-click the new shortcut.

13. Turn your speakers up and get ready for some music. Feel a sense of accomplishment as you watch the credits and listen to the beat. You'll see a long list of Windows 98 team members' names, along with photos of where they work and play. It's not as boring as it sounds.