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The Missing Technical Link Re: Word 97 Pin-Ball Game (easter egg)
Subject:The Missing Technical Link Re: Word 97 Pin-Ball Game (easter egg) From:Mary Carson <carson -at- INFORMIX -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:51:46 -0800
I'm racking my brains to find the link between this
and technical writing. Could you give me a hint?
puzzled,
Mary
At 03:05 PM 11/18/98 -0800, Hills, Byron wrote:
>For those of you that havn't seen this...
>There is a pin-ball game built into MS Word97 (not sure if you need
>SR-1)
>To active the game:
>1) Open a new blank document in Word 97.
>2) Type the word "Blue" followed with a space.
>3) Select the five characters and make them bold, and blue.
>4) Put the cursor to the right of the space character.
>5) Go into Help, About..
>6) Ctrl-Alt-Click on the Word Logo.
>7) Enjoy (the Z and M keys operate the 'paddles').
>
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