Microsoft Word has many different ways to organize the appearance on a page. Highly skilled users can change the look of the document in the app so that it looks completely different from what most people are used to seeing.
Sometimes you may need to create some test text to check how it looks. Microsoft Word can create this text for you using fake Latin (called lorem ipsum) or random English sentences. When you want to try different styles in Microsoft Word, Lorem Ipsum is a type of text that you can use as a placeholder.
This feature will help you create fake words very quickly. This feature exists from Word 2007 to the last version of Word. You just need to type a few words which are easy to use. This is great for creating models for presentations. Word provides you with two methods to generate this text: the RAND function and the Repeat command.
Using RAND Function to Create Random Text in Word
You can use the RAND Word function to generate random text without writing it yourself. This means computer programs can help create random paragraphs and sentences.
The syntax of the RAND function is:
=RAND(paragraphs, sentences)
“paragraphs”: the number of paragraphs of random text that Word will generate.
“sentences”: the number of sentences per paragraph.
This means you can tell Word how many paragraphs of random text you want and how many sentences are in each. You can specify a paragraph count of up to 200 paragraphs and a maximum number of 99 sentences in each paragraph.
For example, if you want to create random text with 5 paragraphs and each paragraph has 9 sentences. You can type the code “=RAND(5, 9)” in your document and press “Enter” to display random text.
Create Lorem Ipsum Random Text in Word
Placeholder text is something that replaces the actual text. “Lorem Ipsum” is an example of placeholder text. This text is sometimes called Greek text, blind text, mock text, or filler text.
To someone who doesn’t know much, it may look like Latin. It was indeed true, but the words didn’t make sense. Usually, it is a mixed version of the famous ancient book by Cicero from over 2000 years ago, with a few extra words added.
To create Lorem Ipsum text, you can use the command
=lorem()
Then press the Enter or Space keys.
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Using the REPEATÂ Command to Create Random Text in Word
The REPEAT command is a tool used to repeat a task several times without having to repeat it again and again.
If you have written some text in a Word document, you can use the REPEAT feature in Word, which is located on the Quick Access toolbar. You can also use one of the keyboard shortcuts (F4) or (Ctrl + Y). The REPEAT command in Word does the same thing as you just did.
If you format some words to bold in Word and then select some other words, you can click the button or use shortcuts to make new words bold as well.
If you type something and click the REPEAT button, Word will add the same text again where your cursor is. This means you can add random text quickly by selecting REPEAT multiple times. You can repeat a task by copying text, pasting it, and then running it multiple times.