Many times, working in Become or in any other similar program, we need to have some paragraphs of text to carry out tests: check the format of the document and try different settings until we find the visual result we are looking for. In this post we are going to see how to use Lorem Ipsum or Rand to generate random text in Word.
There are two options to generate blind text, dummy text or filler text. The first is a resource that we have seen thousands of times and that is used very often in advertising and design projects; The second is much less known, although equally effective, as we explain below.
What is Lorem Ipsum?
The famous Latin text “Lorem Ipsum” has been used in the field of typography and graphic design almost since the invention of the printing press. With the arrival of office suites and the development of the Internet, it has become even more popular.
What does this text say? Its content is not relevant. It doesn't even make sense when we try to translate it. It is based on a work by Cicero called De finibus bonorum et malorum (On the Limits of Good and Evil), which was written for his friend Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar, in the year 45 BC. The text used today is not the original, as it has been introduced certain modifications so that its form better suits the purpose of testing editing formats, font types, etc.
In reality, only a modified extract from said work is used. It is the following text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, mea unum timeam commune an, ei natum nostrud est. No detraxit laboramus percipitur vis, vero nusquam epicuri ei nec, esse melius et pri. Sea ex alia admodum. Mei ut eius nostro, te propriae fabellas perfecto nec, an quo congue ridens vocibus. Ut prompta splendide sit, malis epicuri sit an.
How to use Lorem Ipsum in Word
Creating dummy text or test text in Microsoft Word is relatively easy. When we have designed a document, it is advisable to test it first with text of this type before actually starting to write or print it. It is something that must be done if we want to avoid encountering unexpected formatting problems.
To enter this text and carry out the relevant tests through it, you just have to follow these simple steps:
- First we open the Microsoft Word program.
- Then we place the cursor at the point in the document where we want to add the text.
- Next we write: =lorem().
- We press Enter.
If we leave the space between the parentheses blank, the code will add three paragraphs of three lines each. To change that format we can add numerical values inside both parentheses. For example, if we want to generate a text of five paragraphs of three lines each, we will write the formula as follows: =lorem(5,3).
Once we have the “Lorem Ipsum” text in our document with the chosen format, we can use the usual tools of the Word word processor (font, size, bold, italics, etc.) to see which is the best choice for our document.
Rand function in Word
As we said, we have two options to generate dummy or test text in this program: use Lorem Ipsum or Rand in Word. This second method is very similar and equally effective, although much less known. In any case, the Rand function (of random, random in English) is perfect if what we want is to generate several paragraphs automatically, choosing the number of lines of text we need.
Today, professionals layout They are increasingly using Rand as an alternative to Lorem Ipsum. To use it, you just have to write this formula on a sheet of text: =rand(). Then you have to press the Enter key. With this, five paragraphs of three sentences each will be automatically generated.
As in the case of Lorem Ipsum, we will also be able to add numeric values inside parentheses to set a certain number of paragraphs and sentences (not lines).
It should be noted that this same =Rand function is also used in Excel to enter random numbers into a table.
Other resources to generate random texts
Finally, we are going to review some other options that we will be able to use to generate this type of test texts. We have very interesting applications and web pages. If we talk about applications, to be able to generate this type of text from your mobile, these are some of the best:
If we work with a PC and we only need to generate random texts occasionally, there are some websites They are going to give us the solution:
This is all the resources that exist to use Lorem Ipsum or Rand for random text in Microsoft Word. Which one is your favorite?