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Go to Help/About...
Hold down Ctrl and Shift and click on the logo

Word 97 - Floating Word 97 Splash Screen

Select Help, About Microsoft Word
The About Box appears
Hold down Ctrl+Shift+Alt keys
Click on the horizontal divider in the About Box
A floating splash screen appears

Word 97 - Deletable Menu Items

Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and the cursor should change into a minus sign. Click on a menu and then click on any menu item.
That menu item will disappear! Don't worry, this is only temporary and will be restored the next time you restart your computer
If you really need it back, right-click on the toolbar and select Customize... Highlight Menu Bar and click on Reset...
The menu item wuill be restored

Word 97 - No Competition

  • Word knows when to win a competition. Type Maxis, highlight the word and run the Thesaurus
  • Then type Smartsuite and look at that

Word 97 - Define zzzz

Open a blank document and type zzzz and run the spell checker. See what's the definition for it.

Word 97 - Problems?

  • Open a new document in Word
  • Type Unable to follow directions
  • Highlight the entire sentence you just typed
  • Click Tools, Thesaurus (or hit shift-F7 to open the thesaurus)

Now, does Bill Gates have a problem the world doesn't know about?

Word 97 - Naked?

  • Open Word and type I'd love to see you naked. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus.
  • Try I want to see you naked and be just as suprised!

Word 97 - Pagan?

Open Word and type Who is God?. Highlight the word and run a spell check. See who does the Word 97 programmers think God is.

Word 97 - Corny Developers?

  • Open Word and type I love porn. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus.
  • How about typing I am gay and run the thesaurus again.

Word 97 - Hairy?

Open Word and type Shag Me. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus. How's the definition?

Word 97 - Define Eat Me Shorts

  • Open Word and type Eat Me Shorts. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus.
  • What does it says?

Word 97 - Can I ...

  • Open Word and type May I screw your daughter?. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus.
  • Check out the answer.

Word 97 - Biological Associates

  • Open Word and type Ice boobs go with what?. Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus.
  • Check out the associate - now who says Word is dumb?

Word 97 - Bill Gates Dead?

  • Open Word and type I’d like to see Bill Gates dead
  • On the Tools, Language, Set Launguage menu, set the language to English (United States)
  • Highlight the word and press Shift+F7 to run the Thesaurus
  • Enjoy what you see

Word 97 - Naughty, naughty!

  • On any document, type in Love her and leave her
  • Highlight the text, press Shift+F7 to activate the thesaurus and enjoy!

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