Generate Random Text in Word
October 15th, 2005Why would you want to generate random text in Word? I have no idea. As trainers, we use this trick all the time in our classes to demonstrate Word features. Many of our students think it’s cool.
You may need to generate several pages of text to practice using some Word features used in long documents, for example, headers and footers, section breaks, page numbers, etc. Or you may want to general random text just because you can.
Here’s how:
Type =rand(P,S) and then press ENTER (no spaces allowed). For P, substitute the number of paragraphs you want. For S, substitute the number of sentences you want.
For example, =rand(10,6) generates 10 paragraphs with 6 sentences in each paragraph. The text generated by this trick is the same one you used to practice in typing class (if you are old enough to have taken typing class): The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence is used because it contains every letter of the alphabet.
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