Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)

If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using
Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents
(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)

If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using

Generate Random Text in Microsoft Word Documents

(Like Lorem Ipsum or Latin Text)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)

If you are creating a Microsoft Word document, template or mockup and you want to
create placeholder text, you can generate random text using the built-in RAND function
or LOREM function (which generates Latin or Lorem ipsum text).

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Generating random text in the current language

To generate random text using the current language in a Word document with the
default of 5 paragraphs and 3 sentences:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to generate random text.
2. Type =RAND().
3. Press Enter.
To generate random text using the current language in a Word document and customize
the number of paragraphs and sentences:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to generate random text.
2. Type =RAND(number of paragraphs, number of sentences) such as
=RAND(3,2).
3. Press Enter.

Word will generate random text from its repository.

Generating random Latin text (Lorem ipsum text)

To generate random Latin text in a Word document with the default of 5 paragraphs and
3 sentences:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to generate random text.
2. Type =LOREM().
3. Press Enter.

Word will generate Latin text starting with Lorem ipsum.

To generate random Latin text in a document and customize the number of paragraphs
and sentences:

1. Position the cursor in the Word document where you want to generate random
text.
2. Type =LOREM(number of paragraphs, number of sentences) such as
=LOREM(3,2).
3. Press Enter.