Here is an interesting & weird one for you......

Open a new Word document and type:

= rand (200,99) make sure you have all the spaces in

then press "enter"

Wait for three seconds and look again...

Wow. 300 pages of:

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. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick

try

= rand (1,1)

and then try

= rand (1,2)

and then try

= rand (2,2)

by now you should have figured out how it works.

but why???

It is used to layout a page and fill it with random text. Some use an old latin text others use this sentence.

This specific sentence uses all the letters of the alfabet and it used to be a good test for typewriters and lithographic machines.

Well, I guess you are right, but it sure doesn't seem very "random" to me.

Are there any other commands that are functional from the text field?

Wow. 300 pages of:

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.  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  The quick

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Gee.... that would have been a real time saver and saved a lot of work for Jack Nicholson in "The Shining":

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.All

work

and

no play

makes

Jack

a dull

boy.

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff in their software to amuse themselves.

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff  in their software to amuse themselves.

Yeah - I've done that at times ....

especially in buildings and gardens.

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff  in their software to amuse themselves.

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In the business these are called 'easter eggs'.

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff  in their software to amuse themselves.

In the business these are called 'easter eggs'.

Have a look at http://www.eeggs.com/

Patrick

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff  in their software to amuse themselves.

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In the business these are called 'easter eggs'.

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Chownah thanks for the reminder....I'd forgotten about 'easter eggs'

Or could be bored software developers. Often stick quirky inside stuff  in their software to amuse themselves.

In the business these are called 'easter eggs'.

Chownah thanks for the reminder....I'd forgotten about 'easter eggs'

Yeah, so had i. When i first heard of them i spent ages looking for them on the DVD's but i haven't bothered for about a year.