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How to Generate Random Text in Word
Sometimes, you might need some boilerplate or filler text in a Word document. One solution is to head over to a lorem ipsum or dummy text generator to create that text. Alternatively, you can create the text yourself directly in Word.
Generate Random Text with the Rand Formula
If you want to use random (yet coherent) text as filler content in your Word document, you can use the random content generation formula provided by Word. There are, however, a few notes to make when using this function, depending on how much text you need.
The first method is to simply type in the following formula:
=Rand()
This will automatically generate five paragraphs, each containing three sentences.
You can change how much random text Word generates by filling in what’s between the parentheses. To do that, you’ll use =Rand(x,y), where x is the number of paragraphs and y is the number of sentences in each paragraph. For example, if you want seven paragraphs that each contain four sentences, you’d use the following formula:
=Rand(7,4)
There is a maximum amount you can input at once, though. However, you can just reuse the same formula as many times as necessary.
Generate Lorem Ipsum Text with the Lorem Formula
If you’re feeling a bit more old school, Word can also generate Lorem Ipsum text in the same way. And even if it’s not the tradition you’re after, Lorem Ipsum text has its place. When you use readable English text (like that generated by the rand formula), it can be a distraction if what you want people looking at is the design of a document.
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How to Add or Remove Your Phone Number in Messages or FaceTime
If you have an iPhone and a Mac or iPad, you can link your phone number to your iCloud account to send and receive calls and messages from the same number on both devices.
Add a New or Existing Number on iOS
You’ll need to make sure your devices are signed in to the same iCloud account for everything to sync correctly.
The process is the same for all iOS devices, but you’ll need to enable your existing number on your iPhone first. On your phone, open the Settings app.
Tap on the category marked “Messages.”
Make sure you’re signed in and have iMessage turned on. Scroll down and tap “Send & Receive.”
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Daily News Roundup: Free One-Day Shipping from Amazon
One of the most significant benefits of Amazon Prime has long been the free two-day shipping on almost everything. But that time may be coming to an end—Amazon is talking about transitioning to free one-day shipping. Oh yeah.
In a call to investors yesterday, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said the company is working on setting the Prime shipping default to one-day. He said that they have been “working on evolving the Prime shipping program” with one-day shipping, going on to say that they’ll “be building most of this capacity through the year in 2019.”
The word on the street is that Amazon will spend upwards of $800 million for the required infrastructure changes to make the change happen. They’ll also be expanding partnerships with USPS, UPS, and FedEx—alongside its own delivery service, of course—to make the one-day dream a reality.
While it’s probably unlikely we’ll see one-day shipping hit all items before the end of 2019, Amazon is already making moves to get this shindig started earlier. For example, it dropped the $35 minimum for the current one-day shipping option and expanded eligible zip codes just last month. So the plan is already in motion.
This is a smart move from Amazon, because many competing retailers, like Wal-Mart and Target, are now offering free two-day shipping on most items. This makes buying from Amazon less compelling to users, especially when you consider the fact that you don’t have to shell out $120 a year to the other guys to leverage the two-day option. Moving to one-day shipping will once again give Amazon the shipping advantage.
The big question, however, is one that hasn’t yet been addressed: will this raise Prime membership costs? If I were a betting man, I’d put a healthy sum on “yeah, probably”—even if an increase doesn’t happen immediately, it’s inevitably going to happen.
In other news, people aren’t upgrading smartphones as often, Disney looks to take control of Hulu, Walmart opened the “store of the future,” and a lot more. Let’s talk about it.
- Smartphone upgrades slow: According to recent reports from Verizon and AT&T, consumers aren’t upgrading their smartphone as often. Both companies reported record low upgrades from a year ago. Smartphones are just too good now! [The Verge]
- Disney may take 90% control of Hulu: Disney currently owns 60% stake in Hulu, but it’s in talks to buy Comcast’s 30% stake as well. That will give Disney 90% ownership of Hulu. There are a lot of unanswered questions about what this will mean for Hulu’s content, but those will likely get answered if the deal goes through. [CNBC]
- Walmart’s “store of the future”: Walmart recently opened a concept store with AI-enabled cameras to monitor stock and interactive displays. Walmart is calling the Levittown, NY store “Intelligent Retail Lab”—or “IRL” for short. Cheeky. [Techcrunch]
- Hackers can remotely kill cars: In slightly (or incredibly?) terrifying news, a hacker opened up to Motherboard with a crazy story about how he can remotely kill car engines by leveraging vulnerabilities in GPS tracking apps. What a world. [Motherboard]
- GoDaddy acts against scams: The company reportedly took down 15,000 domains used for scams, as well as resetting “several hundred” compromised account passwords. [ZDNet]
- Samsung orders Fold teardown takedown: iFixit has removed its teardown of the Galaxy Fold at Samsung’s request. It’s still up on The Internet Archive, but who knows for how long. [Android Police]
- Amazon is building a high-def music service: While Amazon is offering free ad-based music to Echo users, the company is also reportedly working on a high-quality music streaming service a la Tidal. Interesting choice—we all know how well Tidal is doing. [The Next Web]
- Xiaomi patented a phone with a reverse notch: You know how to combat notches? Put the camera above the phone! That’s Xiaomi’s idea, anyway, and it’s so laughably bad I want you all to see it too. Seriously, lol. [TechRadar]
- Apple is fixing a serious App Store bug: Some users can’t buy or install anything because they can’t get past the Terms & Conditions. Fortunately, Apple has already fixed this issue. What a stupid problem to have. [9to5Mac]
- The PS5 is more than a year away: Sony says the PlayStation 5 will not be coming between now and April 2020. At least I know I won’t have to buy one within the next 12 months. Yay? [Engadget]
In a bit of fun news, Google has a new Avengers: Endgame-themed easter egg. Go to Google, search for “Thanos,” then click the gauntlet on the right side. It’s not a one-night stay in a giant potato, but it’s still pretty cool. Enjoy.
How to Choose What Information to Sync in Chrome
Google recently changed the way you view your synced data in Chrome, but you’re still able to save and sync bookmarks, passwords, themes, extensions, and more wherever you are, using your Google Account. Here’s how to choose what gets synced across all your devices.
Turn On Syncing for Google Chrome
To first access the benefits of syncing information across your devices, wherever you are, you’ll need to sign in and turn on syncing for Google Chrome.
RELATED: How to Turn Syncing On or Off in Chrome
How to Choose What Information to Sync
Google Chrome saves and syncs everything about your browser when you’ve signed in through your Google Account. This is an advantageous feature to have when, for instance, logging into a school or work computer, and want to have access to all of your bookmarks, saved passwords, extensions, and settings available from your personal computer.
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t utilize Chrome’s complete syncing process, then you may want to restrict some of the information from saving to your account.
After you’ve signed in to Chrome using your Google Account, it’s time to choose what information gets saved and synced up to your browser.
Fire up Chrome, click your profile picture, and then click “Syncing to.” You can also typechrome://settings/peopleinto the Omnibox and hit Enter.
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