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It looks like an Easter egg, but it is only a not-well documented feature of MS Word. If you would like to insert a dummy text in to a document using MS Word, you can do so by typing =rand() and pressing ENTER. You can also pass variables to the rand() function, rand(p,s), where p is the number of paragraphs and s is the number of sentences that you want to appear in each paragraph. Neat, eh?
:: Sasha, at 11:42 pm on Wednesday, 03. December 2003
I always use this text — http://www.lipsum.com/
:: Davor, at 07:51 am on Thursday, 04. December 2003
It does not work at my comp :(
:: zoka, at 05:14 pm on Thursday, 04. December 2003
What are you using, Linux? :-)
:: Sasha, at 05:48 pm on Thursday, 04. December 2003
No, unfortunitely *legal W2k SP4 and *legal MS office 2k. :D
:: zoka, at 05:50 pm on Thursday, 04. December 2003
It worked for me on MS Office XP. ;-)
:: Davor, at 09:46 am on Friday, 05. December 2003
RAND (111111111,999999999)
:: RAND (111111111,9999, at 01:57 am on Monday, 17. January 2005
how to set the value for =rand()
:: rajesh, at 05:45 am on Thursday, 08. December 2005
If this isn't working for you a tip you may need:
Replace text as you type must be turned on in Tools Autocorrect
Works in XP and 2000
:: Fran, at 08:22 am on Tuesday, 20. December 2005
How does one change the default test (The quick ... etc) to one's own choice of words?
:: Gavin, at 08:15 am on Friday, 10. February 2006
Check this in ms word
write =rand(99,199)
:: ankur bhatnagar, at 05:15 am on Sunday, 07. October 2007
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:: partha, at 09:17 am on Wednesday, 02. April 2008
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