Works (Microsoft) Easter Egg - Words in the Works (4.5) Spellchecker

1 - Open Works.
2 - Open a new word processing document
3 - Type in "zzzz" (Without quotes)
4 - Then highlight it,
5 - and goto Tools, then Spelling (F7)
6 - This is the Microsoft definition of "zzzz"!
(This also works in Microsoft Word!)

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Contributed By: Anonymous on 08-23-1999
Reviewed By: Webmaster
Special Requirements: Microsoft Works 4.5
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Matt Webster writes:
This egg works on V.4.0a too. Interesting, this seems to be intentional, rather than just a spellchecker error. I tried one, two, three and five "z" characters, but only the "zzzz" had the mentioned effect.
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Frank writes:
What does it say? Mine says no suggestions. Could someone please post what it says?
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monie writes:
When you do the egg the spell checker's suggestion for the correct word is "sex".
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This egg also works on version 3.0 for win 3.1. It thinks that the correct word should be "sex".
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Speedy writes:
I have Works 2000. It says the correct word is 'size'
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Cool Guy writes:
haha...thats funny
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iamnotme writes:
i think it is a result of the spell checker. it makes a guess based on how it sounds. phenetically it is secz the z at the end must be what is giving the unusual suggestion
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Anonymous writes:
Almost all the early versions of most Microsoft word processors have this, and it's definitely not an egg.
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R writes:
Mr. anonymous fellow is right.......this isn't really an egg. it sort of is, but it's not, because you can delete it. this works on word, too. it says sex because the dude who wrote this put it as an auto-correct thing (at least on word.)
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Cyborg J writes:
apparently my one changes "zzzz" to "zizz" (I don't even know what "zizz" means!)
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Meno writes:
apparently no one gets it. "zzzz" meaning sleep or snoring... like instead of sleeping you should be having sex? Wow, yeah, it's pretty funny now.
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Meno writes:
isn't it weird how the word phonetically isn't spelled phonetically? it should be funeticlee or funeticly
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I was assuming it was funny because it was saying that zzzz, meaning sleep usually, is the same as sex, meaning sex is no better than sleep. That's just me though.
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I have no idea what you're talking about. It suggested "size" or "sizzle", not "sex"
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Sir Phoenixx writes:
It's a spell checker, and this isn't a egg, it does that in all spell checkers (a similar egg was posted before about ms word) would you think that someone spelling "ses" or something and it coming up as "sex" would be a easter egg? ;P
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Matt writes:
This all so works in v4.0 i know someone said this all ready but it is just funny
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