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Office suites

1. MS Word: From 2007 onwards typing =lorem(i) or =lorem(i, j) in MS Word creates greeking


text--don't forget to hit the enter key; i and j need to be integers, where i stands for the
amount of desired paragraphs and j numbers the sentences per paragraph. j has a default
value of 3 and a maximum set to 6665. >> screenshots

2. Open Office: An extension named Magenta Lorem ipsum generator is available


at services.openoffice.org. Once installed, an icon will be shown in a toolbar below the menu
bar, with the option to insert a number of paragraphs, the maximum is set to 25.
>> screenshots

3. Libre Office: Magenta Lorem Ipsum Generator 2.0.2, available for LibreOffice 3.3, LibreOffice
3.4, and LibreOffice 3.5.

Lorem Ipsum plugins: content management systems (CMS)

1.

o Joomla
o Dummy Content: an editor button and system plugin (Joomla extension) that sets
random dummy copy in articles or in other content item that have editors like
custom HTML modules, category descriptions, or third party content.

o Folcomedia - Button Lorem Ipsum: creates a button in the editor to insert a


paragraph of "Lorem Ipsum" greeking text.

o Content Fake: a component that allows for easy creation of menu items, quickly
creating paragraphs of "Lorem Ipsum" and pictures with custom sizes.

o Overview of all Joomla plugins for Lorem Ipsum generation.

2.

o Wordpress
o Lorem Ipsum Generator: Creates a button on wysiwyg toolbars to add a configurable
amount of Lorem Ipsum text to a post, page or any other custom post type.

o lorem shortcode: This plugin contains two shortcodes, lorem and loremimage, the
loremimage shortcode can be nested in the lorem shortcode.

o WP Dummy Content: Easy generation and deletion of blog posts, pages, and sub
pages for developers. Full site structure in one click.

o WP Dummy Post Generator: A plugin that generates dummy posts and dummy
categories. It also allows to set names for blogs or taglines.

o Bulk Page Maker: Creates up to 20 pages or posts at a time. You can choose title,
slug, parent, template, status, format, and content via the default WordPress
Editor.

o Lorem ipsum dummy article shortcode: A seeded dummy article generator. This
doesn't only generates 'Lorem Ipsum' shortcode but also full HTML articles.

o DNS Ipsum - Due North Studios Lorem Ipsum Generator : Adds Lorem Ipsum text
using [dns-ipsum] shortcode and a TinyMCE button.
o Lorem Ipsum and Place Holder Image Generator : A simple to use Lorem Ipsum
generator.

o Lorem Ipsum Replace Content: Replaces content with Lorem Ipsum, substitutes word
for word.

o Data Generator: Makes example posts, pages, custom terms, helps to style and
develop new and current themes. It's based on the Lolita framework.

o Overview of all Wordpress plugins for Lorem Ipsum generation.

3.

o Magento
o Hatimeria Landing Pages: Creates landing pages with products using all combinations
based on categories, attributes and their values. Description is supplied in the
ackend ("lorem ipsum..."). Supports all features like CMS-Block, injecting widgets,
blocks, or variables.

4.

o Google Docs
o Lorem Generator: A plugin for Chrome browsers that allows designers and
webmaster to generate Lorem Ipsum text from the sidebar without leaving Google
Docs.

5.

o Drupal
o Drupal Ipsum: A helper module for generating dummy filler text. Presently it defines
a new ipsum provider plugin manager service that allows for pluggable ipsum
provider classes, making it easy to change existing implementations and also to add
new ones.

o Lorem ipsum: A simple filler text generator generator. Use your custom sentences
and create some original Lorem ipsum.

6. Adobe Dreamweaver, a web development environment, has a plugin in form of a


Dreamweaver object named Dreamweaver Text. It can be accessed both from the Objects
menu via Common > Lorem Ipsum palette or using the Lorem Ipsum entry in the Insert >
Technocurve Menu.

An alternative, possibly more versatile, is Lorem and More. It inserts dummy copy as
paragraphs, lists, and regular text. Optionally available are extracts from a speech by
Cicero, corporate nonsense, and a randomised sonnet by Shakespeare. Text may be
inserted in code view and design view. The tool can be accessed via the Lorem and More
icon on the Common tab of the Insert bar (MX) or the Common objects panel (DW4). Else,
it's accessible using the menu: Insert > Lorem and More.

7. It's easy to insert dummy copy with the Scribus text editor. Select a text frame, then chose
"Sample Text" from the context menu after right-clicking. Predefined dummy copy in any
languages can be set by configuring an XML file and storing it in a subdirectory "/loremipsum"
of your Scribus installation. >> screenshots

Lorem Ipsum plugins: editors

 Notepad++
 For notepad++, a Windows text editor, the InsertLoremIpsumNppPlugin can be downloaded
at twenfour.com. It generates and inserts Lorem Ipsum, either as words, sentences, or
paragraphs. The installation requires to copy the file InsertLoremIpsumNppPlugin.dll and
the Config directory (both are contained in the zip file) to the "plugins" subdirectory of the
Notepad++ installation directory. Afterwards, a new option "InsertLoremIpsum" will show in
the "plugin" menu entry. A restart may be required. >> screenshots

 ToolBucket: This plugin allows for base 64 encoding, it has a change indentation dialog, it
generates Lorem Ipsum and has many more features.

 Sublime Text
 Insert lorem and press the tab key, this will insert a Lorem Ipsum paragraph. lorem200 +
tab will add 200 words.

 Lorem Ipsum generator: A plugin by Emmet, an toolkit for web-developers. After installation
type lorem or lipsum, this will generate a 30-words dummy text, splitted into a few
sentences. You can also use it inside repeated elements to create tags filled with completely
random sentences. For example, p*4>lorem would generate 4 paragraphs with greeking
text. ul.generic-list>lorem10.item*4 will generate an unordered list with the class name
"generic-list" that contains 4 list items with ten words of Lorem Ipsum each.

 LoremIpsum: A plugin for Sublime Editor 2 and 3 from billymoon hosted at github.com. It
allows to insert Lorem Ipsum in the editor via menu items or keyboard shortcuts. Select
how much text you want from the menu item in Edit->Text->Lorem Ipsum or in the right
click menu in Lorem Ipsum. Press the shortcut key (Alt+Shift+L) to add Lorem Ipsum text.
Keep pressing to add more.

 Geany: GeanyLipsum is a plugin for Windows and Linux. It inserts Lorem Ipsum copy with a
length of 1 to 5,000 chars and provides a keyboard shortcut.

Do you know of other plugins? Please tell us.

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