Random text in Microsoft Word documents

You have obviously heard before that you can type =rand() and hit <enter> in a Word document to auto insert paragraphs with the text: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

What is interesting is that this is not a hidden Easter egg. It is a known documented feature, and is described in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

Basically, the idea is to quickly add some sample text to a document. Perhaps to test the print margins, the header/footer behavior or to see how the text looks like when you apply the new Style you just created.

I found this really handy when I wanted to test the Booklet printing features in Word and wanted at least 5 pages of text. :)

Now you don't have to blindly type

asdf<enter>
fdsaa<enter>
ds<enter>
dsfdsfs<enter>

repeatedly to fill in a document.

Use =rand(p, s) and <enter> to insert p number of paragraphs with s number of sentences.

So, =rand(3,5) would insert 3 paragraphs with each having 5 sentences of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

Go ahead, try something like =rand(100,100)

(note that the maximum number you can give for a parameter is 200)