Paulscoconutass Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 open word and type = rand (200,99)Then press enterWTF!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickle Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 open word and type = rand (200' date='99)Then press enterWTF!?!?[/quote']Weird ?( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 it's a function for quickly generating sample text. no big mystery.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251/en-us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 And the phrase is a classic used by typists for years, because it uses every letter of the alphabet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Found Power Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 That makes sense, functionality and all that.Why the hell would you need 225 pages of sample text, though? Surely one would suffice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 well that was shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kernel Loaf Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Yeah it's just a function. The first number in the brackets is how many times for the phrase to be written, and the second number is the number of lines taken up per phrase (apart from word wrap affecting it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency72 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 And the phrase is a classic used by typists for years' date=' because it uses every letter of the alphabet.[/quote']While I abstain from installing MS office on my machine, I am guessing it is "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" .... I never got why this line was so populour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 While I abstain from installing MS office on my machine' date=' I am guessing it is "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" .... I never got why this line was so populour...[/quote']Yep, 163 pages of the line to be precise. And another little typing ditty ......Did you know that the longest word you can make using the top line of the keyboard is the word 'Typewriter'?Unless you're an Arab and can use the word 'Queettoriqqeuueir'. .... probably! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 While I abstain from installing MS office on my machine' date=' I am guessing it is "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" .... I never got why this line was so populour...[/quote']it's popular because it uses every letter of the alphabet, you quoted frosty saying that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Yes, it uses every letter of the alphabet and is used in a sample of fonts if you open up the fnts folder in your pooter, or if you are sampling a font on ti'nterweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 if you are sampling a font on ti'nterweb.I've seen a few people doing this. Is it an intentional homage to Alan Partridge when he says... "Under Ti'Patio" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 shouldnty you be studying paul happy birthday btwill kiss you later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I've seen a few people doing this. Is it an intentional homage to Alan Partridge when he says... "Under Ti'Patio" ?it's probably from peter kay, he calls it t'internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I just tried that on my French version of Word, and it came up with 'Servez ce monsieur une bire et des kiwis.'Which translates as'Serve this gentleman a beer and some kiwi fruits.'Which is slightly random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 So what is the purpose of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 To check all the letters are there...It was used on typewriters to check that all the keys were working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemmur Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Yes' date=' it uses every letter of the alphabet and is used in a sample of fonts if you open up the fnts folder in your pooter, or if you are sampling a font on ti'nterweb.[/quote']or jackdaws like my big sphinx of quartz....who needs y and v?nobody knows where the t'interweb thing came from.probably the same place as (y), yr and everything else i'm not up-to-date with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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