The best Easter Eggs in Excel

Easter Eggs are small additional functions that are hidden in programs. There are also such Easter Eggs in Microsoft's Excel. We'll show you what these are here. However, such "Easter eggs" can only be found in the old Excel versions.

Easter Eggs in Excel 4.0 and 5.0

In Excel 4.0 there is an animation and in 5.0 you can see the credits using the same procedure.

• In these versions there is an icon bar under the menu bar. Right-click on it.
• Now you can select "user-defined" and select "user-defined" again in the list that then opens.
• Drag the card game icon into the icon bar.
• The "Assign" window opens, which you confirm and close with OK.
• If you now press CTRL, the Shift key and ALT while clicking on the icon, you will see an animation or the credits.

"Walk" in Excel 95

In Excel 95, you can walk through a hallway with pictures of developers hanging on the walls. To do this, proceed as follows:

• In an empty folder, select line 95 and press the tab key.
• Now open in the menu bar under "?" the point "Info".
• If you now hold down CTRL and the Shift key while clicking on "Software Service", a passage will appear that you can walk along.
• When you go down the stairs, you can type "EXCELKFA" in front of the wall to open the wall.

Even more Easter Eggs: Flight Simulator in Excel 97

The "flight simulator" in Excel 97 should be much more interesting for most. To use this, follow these instructions:

• In an empty table, click F5 and enter "X97: L97"
• Use the tab key to jump to M97
• If you now hold down CTRL and the Shift key while clicking on the diagram assistant in the toolbar, the flight simulator opens. It is controlled with the mouse.

Car racing - Easter Egg in Excel 2000

Excel 2000 was the last version to contain an Easter egg. The developers have hidden a small car race here. You can find out how to get there here:

• Under File, select Save As Website, and then click Publish.
• In the window that opens, tick the "Add interactivity with" and "View website in browser" checkboxes. Then you can choose "Publish".
• In the browser view that opens, scroll to line 2000 and the tab key to the "WC" column. Click on the 2000 to mark the line.
• Hold down CTRL, Shift, and ALT while pressing the logo at the top left (next to File). The car race opens. It is controlled with the arrow keys.

Not all Easter Eggs can be found in all program versions. Many Easter Eggs only hide in one version.