Mac Forum / Applications / Word / April 2007

Word doesn't have a placeholder text feature. You could create an AutoText
entry, but it would be a fixed amount of content regardless of text box
size. If you want anything more sophisticated than that you'd need a macro.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 4/27/07 5:31 PM, in article
1177709466.277430.10640@n35g2000prd.googlegroups.com, "genickb66@yahoo.com"

if you type =rand()  or =rand(2,3) and then hit enter, you get dummy
text (2 paras of 3 sentences each, in the last example). But it will
overspill a text box as it needs to.

Yes.  Create one and store it as an AutoText.  Then each time you want a
text box, insert the pre-filled same.

You can assign a keystroke or toolbar button to an AutoText, making this a
one-click operation.

Cheers