See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm

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Brookhouse Babe wrote:
I'm certain that someone once told me a quick way to insert the latin
text that starts with "lorem ipsum dolor" that you use when you want
a lot of text to illustrate a feature of Word, but don't want readers
to be distracted by the content of the text. I can't remember the
trick, though. Anyone else know?

I'm certain that someone once told me a quick way to insert the latin text
that starts with "lorem ipsum dolor" that you use when you want a lot of text
to illustrate a feature of Word, but don't want readers to be distracted by
the content of the text. I can't remember the trick, though. Anyone else
know?

Typing =Rand(a,b) and pressing Enter will give you a paragraphs of b
sentences each - the sentence being "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog" - AFAIK, there is no automatic way to get the lorem ipsum text.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Brookhouse Babe" Brookhouse wrote in
message ...
I'm certain that someone once told me a quick way to insert the latin text
that starts with "lorem ipsum dolor" that you use when you want a lot of
text
to illustrate a feature of Word, but don't want readers to be distracted
by
the content of the text. I can't remember the trick, though. Anyone else
know?

dog" - AFAIK, there is no automatic way to get the lorem ipsum text.

Unless it's saved as an AutoText entry as described at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm

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"Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message
...
Typing =Rand(a,b) and pressing Enter will give you a paragraphs of b
sentences each - the sentence being "The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy
dog" - AFAIK, there is no automatic way to get the lorem ipsum text.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Brookhouse Babe" Brookhouse wrote in
message ...
I'm certain that someone once told me a quick way to insert the latin
text
that starts with "lorem ipsum dolor" that you use when you want a lot of
text
to illustrate a feature of Word, but don't want readers to be distracted
by
the content of the text. I can't remember the trick, though. Anyone
else
know?

Hi Babe,

If it's that specific text you're looking to use you can generate it, copy then paste into Word from
http://www.lorem-ipsum.info/generator3 or http://www.lipsum.com/
among others
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"Brookhouse Babe" Brookhouse wrote in message
...
I'm certain that someone once told me a quick way to insert the latin text
that starts with "lorem ipsum dolor" that you use when you want a lot of text
to illustrate a feature of Word, but don't want readers to be distracted by
the content of the text. I can't remember the trick, though. Anyone else
know?
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