A Little Oddity

[sir.prize]

Open a Word document and type

=

followed by rand()

[Prudie]

That is odd, even odder how did you find out?

[Maydup]

Interesting yet utterly uninteresting too!

[karenmac60]

?

[Barmaid]

Nowt happened for me.

[vodkancoke]

Me neither :(

[Prudie]

I typed it, pressed return and got a page of text something like Word help going on about galleries or something.

[DTCwordfan]

all I get is a submarine travelling upwards.

[chrissa1]

Same here Prudie.

[boxtops]

I got

On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look.
You can easily change the formatting of selected text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you specify directly.
To change the overall look of your document, choose new Theme elements on the Page Layout tab. To change the looks available in the Quick Style gallery, use the Change Current Quick Style Set command. Both the Themes gallery and the Quick Styles gallery provide reset commands so that you can always restore the look of your document to the original contained in your current template.

[chrissa1]

That's what we said boxtops.

[boxtops]

yes :-)

[vinginge]

Whilst in the Word Document click on the Word Help ? symbol (top right hand edge of page) and type in = rand in the Search Bar. Lots of info on things you can do with this facility.

[sir.prize]

I have an older version of Word that you up-to-date boffins.

Here's the explanation . . .

http://www.technotheory.com/2006/11/the-rand-quick-brown-fox-is-gone-in-word-2007/

So Sorry for confusing you all. Better have my night time cocoa.

[Ann]

I got this
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 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 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.
How odd that everyone gets different text!

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

[i]Looks on her keyboard, doesn't find rand, tries it anyway with brackets and gets bugger all, wanders off to see if her brain is up to much cop in Q&P[i]

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Bugger! Apparently not! :s

[spotit3]

If you type a number in the brackets it will copy said text that many times.
Very handy when teaching people who are slow at typing how to use the various formattings etc in WORD.