What's the use of this ?

[3615buck]

Start MS Word (97 or 2000)
enter the following text :
=rand (200,99)
and press Enter.

 

[iamwiz82]

woah!!
i just got bombarded!

 

[iamwiz82]

200 sentences per line, 99 lines... just figured it out.

 

[d0ofy]

I heard that one use for this is for layout design. You can fill in gibberish to test your layout. Or maybe you just want to say "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." It might come in handy one day.

 

[3615buck]

All I know about the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is that it was typed by a writer (don't remember who) when he bought a new typing machine.
Why this sentence ? Because it contains all letters of the alphabet...

 

[Yzzim]

wow, interesting fact 3615buck!

 

[Webbed]

Pretty cool!

 

[daddyo]

When I was learning how to type, 10 or 15 years ago, I remember using that sentence over and over again. It's pretty old.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

i think i will use this in my dissertation.

 

[BigSmooth]

Also, if you go into the "Fonts" folder in Control Panel and double-click a TrueType font, it uses the same sentence (quick brown fox) as an example because it does show all the letters of the alphabet.

 

[RevVveD1]

Actually this is one of the features I use most in MS Word. I do tech support for printers.. that line is my best friend..