Random sentences

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Zachary Turner

I have a bulleted list of sentences, and I want to randomize the order of
them. Is this possible?

Thanks
 
Hi Zachary

Word has no functionality to do what you want. But here is one way. A
wise person would probably make a backup copy in case something goes
wrong in this process.

Select all your bulleted paragraphs. Table > Convert > Text to Table.
Choose 1 column, and separate text at paragraphs. You will now have a
table 1 column wide, with each paragraph in a separate row.

Insert a new column into your Word table.

In Excel, create a new file and in a cell type =RAND() and press Enter.
Copy that down the column to fill the same number of rows as you have
rows in your table. Select all the random numbers and do Edit > Copy.
Back in Word, select the whole empty column you created and do Edit >
Paste. Now, click Table > Sort to sort by the random numbers. And then
delete the extraneous column in the table.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
 
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