First up is Word and ‘my word’ there are some real gems here.
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦
𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲
There’s a hidden “𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗺” 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 which is handy for marketeers and designers who need a bit of time when it comes to copy.
Typing =𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗺(𝗽,𝗹) into a 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 in a Word document and pressing 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 automatically generates random placeholder (Lorem Ipsum) text.
Here’s how it works:
p = number of paragraphs
l = number of lines per paragraph
Example:
If you type:
CopyEdit
=lorem(3,5)
…then press Enter, Word will generate 3 paragraphs, each with 5 lines of Lorem Ipsum text.
𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗶𝗽:
You can also try:
=rand(p,l) – Generates 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 (like “The quick brown fox…”)
𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼
𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 + 𝗙𝟭) is one of Word’s most underrated tools, especially when working on documents that need to look consistent (think reports, proposals, CVs, or anything client-facing).
It can fix formatting gremlins by showing 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 about the selected text – font, size, line spacing, margins, paragraph settings, and more.
𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲
Compare two documents side-by-side by using 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 > 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲. Great for version control as it highlights differences between two versions and can show a clean, 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 with 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 automatically applied.
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