Hi Beth. Does it work when you designate numbers of sentences and paragraphs? Try typing =rand(10,4) and see if that does anything If not, what version of Word is on the machine where it doesn't work? I remember seeing *somewhere* where it didn't work, but I'll be danged if I can remember the solution. I've tried checking and unchecking everything in Word to see if I could make it NOT work and so far, I can't. I bet Dian knows this one....but I haven't seen her posting much lately, so I guess she's busy. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ECarmona@xxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 12:12 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] still can't get it....rand Dear Linda and Group, I still can not get the =rand() to work - it works on all the other computers except this one - it did before but something happened and I don't know what and I can't get it to work. I looked at the autoformat and it is on - don't know where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thank you Beth / ecarmona@xxxxxxx ************************************************************* 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 with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. 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 *************************************************************