I think there is a combination of keys . , .
BDB
to check fonts. etc. Any one remember?
Bill
Bob Buckland ?:-)
On a blank line in Word 97 or Word 2000 you can start the
line with
=rand()
and hit enter to generate some sample text.
If you want to pick a paragraph of text of your choice
in all or some of the fonts on your PC in Word you can
then from the URL in my signature you can click on the
green FILES button and search for ALLFONTS.*
for a document by Ed Weber that will do that for you,
as one option.
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<<"BDB" <bbitt...@infoave.net> wrote in message
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that will insert a paragraph of type in Word to quickly use
to check fonts. etc. Any one remember?
Bill>>
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Hope that helps,
Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office/Word MVP
BusinessWare Consulting - Southern California
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
of quick brown foxes. This is described in the MSKB article "WD97: How to
Insert Sample Text into a Document." You can receive this article via email
by sending an empty message to msh...@microsoft.com with Q157373 as the
subject. You can also read the file online at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q157/3/73.asp. The gist of
the article follows:
SUMMARY
=======
Word includes a way to quickly insert sample text into a document. To do
this,
type the following
"=rand()" (without the quotation marks)
and then press ENTER.
The inserted sample text is as follows:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
over
the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick
brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
NOTE: This feature is disabled when the "Replace text as you type" option is
turned off. (To turn this option off, click AutoCorrect on the Tools menu,
click
the AutoCorrect tab, and click to clear the "Replace text as you type" check
box.)
MORE INFORMATION
================
By default each paragraph contains five sentences. You can control how many
paragraphs and sentences appear by adding numbers inside the parentheses.
The
=rand() function has the following syntax
=rand(p,s)
where p is the number of paragraphs and s is the number of sentences you
want to
appear in each paragraph.
Examples:
=rand(1) inserts one five-sentence paragraph of text.
=rand(1,1) inserts one one-sentence paragraph of text.
=rand(1,2) inserts one two-sentence paragraph of text.
=rand(2) inserts two five-sentence paragraphs of text.
=rand(2,1) inserts two one-sentence paragraphs of text.
=rand(10) inserts ten five-sentence paragraphs of text.
=rand(10,1) inserts ten one-sentence paragraphs of text.
=rand(10,10) inserts ten ten-sentence paragraphs of text.
NOTE: When you omit the second number the default is five sentences of text.
The
maximum number that can be used inside the parenthesis is 200 (this number
may
be lower depending on the number of paragraphs and sentences specified).
If you want something other than quick brown foxes, perhaps you'd like a
hunk of lorem ipsums?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA
William J. Wolfe
How interesting -- what is this ? I don't find anything about it in the
help files, although it looks suspiciously like a vba Action?
-Bill
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> On a blank line in Word 97 or Word 2000 you can start the
> line with
>
> =rand()
> and hit enter to generate some sample text.
>
> If you want to pick a paragraph of text of your choice
> in all or some of the fonts on your PC in Word you can
> then from the URL in my signature you can click on the
> green FILES button and search for ALLFONTS.*
> for a document by Ed Weber that will do that for you,
> as one option.
>
> =========
> <<"BDB" <bbitt...@infoave.net> wrote in message
> news:8bjco0$cj$1...@news3.infoave.net...
> that will insert a paragraph of type in Word to quickly use
> to check fonts. etc. Any one remember?
>
> Bill>>
Suzanne S. Barnhill
in a macro), and, although it looks like a Formula field, it isn't a field,
either. And it's totally undocumented in the Help file. Only in the KB
article is it mentioned at all AFAIK. The KB article says that this works
only if you have "Replace text as you type" enabled in AutoCorrect, yet
=rand is not in the AutoCorrect list, so it's well hidden.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA
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