Microsoft Word lets you quickly insert sample text into a document. In certain scenarios such as when creating a new Word template, you might want to insert some random text.

Word timesaving tips: Random text, quick definitions, formatting tricks and more Make it easier to format and read long documents (and shorter ones) with these tips.

Then I've got a trick for you: Word can automatically generate any amount of realistic looking, plain English random text with just a few keystrokes. Just enter this in a Word document: =rand (P,S) ...

Instead, use Microsoft Word's built-in random text generator. It's extremely useful for designers, developers, or anyone building document templates.

How to Show and Hide Text in Word To get in to the procedure of hiding the text in Word, first create the document with the sample random text. Here is the sample document I use for the demonstration.

Word’s random text generator is a handy tool for creating dummy text, for planning documents and layouts. Changes were made in W2007, but it still works, using the same command.

Whether you're putting together some kind of mock-up document or trying to learn Word's formatting features, filler text can come in mighty handy.