Create dummy text in PPT 2010

If you want to produce some text rapidly you can use the Rand function.

Just click in your textbox or placeholder and type:

=rand()

You will get the ever popular The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

If you put no numbers between the parentheses you will get three paragraphs consisting of
5 sentences. If you put two numbers in the parentheses, separated by a comma you create a certain number of paragraphs (the first number) consisting of a certain number of sentences (the second number).

=rand(1)

gives you one paragraph, with 5 sentences

=rand(1,10)

gives you one paragraph, with 10 sentences

=rand(5,1)

gives you five paragraphs, with 1 sentence.

This should also work in Microsoft Word. The only difference is that in Word you will get what seems to be an extract of a help file.