When you're working on a document (particularly if you're collaborating with another user), you may need to set up the document's layout and formatting before the text is ready. Most document designers work around this problem by adding dummy text, which enables them to tweak the design without having to wait for the text. Using the RAND FunctionWord's RAND function enables you to insert dummy text automatically: =RAND(paragraphs, sentences) Here, the paragraphs value specifies the number of paragraphs of dummy text that Word will generate, and sentences specifies the number of sentences per paragraph. You can specify up to 200 paragraphs of up to 99 sentences each, or up to 99 paragraphs with up to 200 sentences in each. For example, to generate five paragraphs with six sentences in each, you'd type the following formula at the spot in the document where you want the dummy text to appear, and then press Enter: =RAND(5,6) In all cases, Word simply repeats the following sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This classic sentence is famous for containing all 26 letters of the alphabet. Using the Repeat CommandThere's another road to filler text that you might want to try. As you may know, when you type text in Word without performing any other action (such as deleting characters or applying formatting), Word stores all the text you've typed since the previous nontyping action. This means that you can also force Word to repeat the typing by selecting Edit, Repeat Typing, or by using the faster keyboard shortcuts: F4 or Ctrl+Y. For some quick filler text, type a few words and then press F4 repeatedly until the area you want is filled. Even better, use that old document designer standby, the semi-Latin text snippet:
I've pasted this text into the Chapter01.doc example file. From Here
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