Well...I doubt you would find anything in VBA help cuz =rand() isn't VBA....it's more of a "formula" and Word's help menus don't really tell much about formulas. I don't think this one is well known in the laymen field. I'm not sure, but I suspect Microsoft added it more for tech help people, so they could quickly add random text when they wanted to troubleshoot something. I don't really know of any other function that it serves. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Scott Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:41 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] finding help for functions ? Thanks Dian and Linda: You answered my question about =rand() and how it works but I would like to Know what I might have been doing wrong when trying to use the help topics to Find help on this function .... I tried the objects librarie in the VBE editor and found All kinds of interesting things but could not find the correct information about This function ... and I also tried inserting the pointer in rand ... ?? Clear thinking .... 01 + 01 = 101 *||:^) Bill Scott ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************