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Try the same with the phrase "unable to follow directions" if you
wonder about WORD's thesaurus algorithms.
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 00:36:08 -0500
> Reply-to: awatkins -at- pobox -dot- com
> From: A Watkins <awatkins -at- POBOX -dot- COM>
> Subject: MSWeird funnies continue
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> You've heard of people who "went postal" but never actually
> saw one of them. Welllll, to get an idea of how someone in
> this state looks . . .
>
> Type the phrase: went postal
> in a Word 7 document (not tried in Word 8)
> Highlight the phrase
> Press Shift+F7 (or go to Tools>Thesaurus)
> Check out the suggested synonym for how "went postal" looks!
>
> Have a goofy weekend!
>
> Alfred Watkins
> Seen Yur Teknickel Rider (obviously with too much free time)
> Cooperative Computing Ink
>
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Ron Jenkins, Technical Communications
Proteon LAN Products by Microvitec Inc
5620 Timberlea Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA L4W 4M6
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