Put the questions in the first (leftmost) column of a table with 36 rows and
see if this subroutine doesn't get you what you want.

Steve Yandl


Sub ShuffleQuestions()

Dim Tmax As Integer
Dim strCell As String
Dim strQ As Variant
Dim strText As String
Dim I As Integer
Dim Z As Integer
Dim intQsLeft As Integer
Dim rndQ As Integer
Dim Q As Integer
Dim vArray As Variant

Set objDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

Tmax = ThisDocument.Tables(1).Rows.Count

For I = 1 To Tmax
strCell = ThisDocument.Tables(1).Cell(I, 1).Range.Text
strQ = Left(strCell, Len(strCell) - 1)
objDict.Add strQ, strQ
Next I

ReDim arrQs(I - 1)

intQsLeft = I - 2
Z = 0


Do While intQsLeft = 0
Randomize
rndQ = Int((intQsLeft + 1) * Rnd)
intQsLeft = intQsLeft - 1
vArray = objDict.Items
strText = vArray(rndQ)
arrQs(Z) = strText
Z = Z + 1
objDict.Remove strText
Loop

For Q = 1 To Tmax
ThisDocument.Tables(1).Cell(Q, 1).Range.Text = arrQs(Q - 1)
Next Q


End Sub



"emilyrp14" wrote in message
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I need to randomize a list of 36 questions for a simple study I am doing.
Can I do this in Word? I need to sort a list, but randomly.