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Reme  +  138631 Sat, 17 Sep 05 11:00 PM
Please, try the following:

Open a blank Word document.
Then write the following: =rand(1,1) and press Enter.

Tell me what happens and the most important WHY??????? Does anybody know?
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Eargasms  +  138687 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:05 AM

Well  i know what happens...........

 

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

 

 But i ain't got a clue why............

 

 Anyone ?

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Eargasms  +  138697 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:19 AM

Apparantly the =rand( ) is a feature in word that allows you to quickly insert sample text into a document.

 

 try   =rand(10)  in word

Turkey Marika Ankara  +  139045 Sun, 18 Sep 05 11:57 PM

hızlı kahverengi tilki tembel köpeğin üstünden atla=>  writes in my language

in english it means; quick brown dog jump over lazy dog

it 's really amazing.how can it be?

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Turkey Marika Ankara, 4 yr 66 days ago

sorryCrying [:'(]

in english=> quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog

Anonymous, 4 yr 66 days ago

That's a famous sentence in English, that I learned as a kid. If I remember right, it's amazing because it uses every letter in the English language. But you have to include "the"

 

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

 

Bryant

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Turkey Marika Ankara  +  139198 Mon, 19 Sep 05 10:49 AM

yes truely ı forgot 'the'

but  it uses every letter in the English language. 

ı think this is REALLY VERY AMAZİNG now

thanks

Tearsofjoy  +  139419 Mon, 19 Sep 05 08:52 PM

Well, i found out that =rand(x,y), if x and y are any 2 numbers, gives that sentence repeated *** times, in x rows and y columns.

This is getting weird.

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rishonly  +  140053 Wed, 21 Sep 05 07:58 AM
Yes. The 'rand' stands for random and the software would generate random sentences based on the values of x and y, or x.
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