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[Michael Franz <[email protected]>] Microsoft Office 97 Steals My Initials, MSOF
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:56:04 -0800
From: Michael Franz <[email protected]>
Subject: Microsoft Office 97 Steals My Initials, MSOF
My full name is Michael Steffen Oliver Franz, which makes my initials
"msof". I usually use these initials in internal correspondence, and I
have an e-mail address "[email protected]".
Now, I just installed Microsoft Office 97 on my computer.
Curiously, Office 97 automatically replaces some occurrences of "msof" by
"Microsoft Office". For example, this happens in the "initials" box in the
Word Annotations dialog. I am not yet sure how far-reaching this automatism
is, but the prospect of having my name replaced without my knowledge is
frightening. You can see this strange effect for yourself if you type "msof"
at the start of a line in Word and then wait for a short time.
Michael Steffen Oliver Franz
[email protected] (university business) and [email protected] (private)------- End of forwarded message -------
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