Sample text in Word

There are three functions that you can use to insert sample text into a Word document:

• =rand()
• =rand.old()
• =lorem()

Only the first function works in Word 2003 and earlier. Type all the text, including the equals sign, into a Word document and then press Enter.  You can put a number in the brackets to specify how many paragraphs to generate, for example, =rand(7) generates seven paragraphs. Microsoft state that you can also enter a second number to specify the number of lines in the paragraph (for example, =rand(7,5)), but I have never found that to work satisfactorily.