Just One Line Generates 200 Pages In Microsoft Word!

Don’t know if this is a feature or a bug: Open a blank document in Microsoft Word. Just type =rand(200,99) and press the Enter key.

You’ll find 200 pages of the following text popping out!

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 …

I read this in a book called “one night @ the call center” by Chetan Bhagat.

I tried it out, it works!

UPDATE DATED 3 JULY 2020:

It’s nearly 15 years since the above blog post was published. Out of curiosity, I tried the above hack. It works, even more! I got 567 pages / 407,000 words of the following text:

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

LOL some things never change!

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