[2331] in Humor
Why Microsoft apps keeping getting bigger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikhail Khusid)
Thu Jun 4 17:57:54 1998
From: "Mikhail Khusid" <Mikhail_Khusid@notes.teradyne.com>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:43:35 -0400
I remember Doom-like game inside Excel 95,
now there is something new in Excel 97 (works only
with Microsoft Office 97).
===zounds of forwards removed===
This is really true. Remember Ctrl+Shift+Esc to exit.
Believe it or not - a Flight Simulator from MS Excel 97
(courtesy: Ingefra Microsystems, Bangalore, India)
Ever wondered why Microsoft applications seem to become
slower and fatter with each new release?
Apparently the constant rain in Redmond has driven Bill's
engineers to obsessive flights of fancy. Below you'll find
instructions on how to access a little flight simulator that
was inexplicably hidden by precipitation-maddened
programmers deep inside Excel 97.
(1) In Excel 97, open a new blank work sheet.
(2) Press F5 and type X97:L97 in the "Reference" box, then click OK.
(3) Now hit your tab key once (you should end up in cell M97).
(4) Press "Ctrl" and "Shift" while clicking once on the "chart
wizard" icon (the one at the top with the blue-yellow-red bar chart).
Welcome aboard! After a few moments you should be flying.
Steer with the mouse, accel and decel with the left and right mouse
buttons respectively, and look for the monoliths with the programmer
credits. You can exit the screen by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
Enjoy the flight!
