Undocumented Word 4.0 Feature

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From: Robert Rubinoff
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1989 06:45

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I recently discovered a command that is undocumented and (with the normal menu
setup) unaccessible except through the Commands dialog.  The command is "Screen
Test", and it blanks the screen and then runs a varying geometrical pattern.
Clicking the mouse gets you a dialog which can either change the pattern style
or get you back to Word.

The alleged purpose of this is to test the screen, although it seems too random
to be a useful test.  You could also use it as a (manually invoked) screen
saver, I suppose.  I think it's probably just a cute hack that was left in
either by accident or as a sort of joke.  If it were really meant seriously, it
would have been documented in the manual.

Curious but harmless,

   Robert

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Subject: Undocumented Word 4.0 Feature
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Date: 8 Jun 89 06:45:00 GMT
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