On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:45:50 +0200
Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Robin,
> 
> Robin Laing wrote:
> 
> >> For testing/demonstration, I would like to have two spreadsheets
> >with > large amounts of data.
> >> - One with general data, for making charts,
> >> - Another with names, addresses and so on, for other stuff.
> >>
> > In the past I just created these either using formulas or random
> > data.
> > 
> > For names and addresses, I use a database.
> > 
> > There may be a way to write a formula to create random letters to
> > fill cells with stuff that would look like your address data.
> > 
> > Getting copies of data may be a problem due to privacy issues.
> 
> Yes of course.
> I did type some "Mrs Applejuice at MelonStreet 2" - data.
> But that is rather boring after a while ;-)
> So it is dummy-data that I'm interested in.
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> Cor
> 

Copy and paste, paste... paste, from something like this:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

For random data search 'word list' or copy and paste aspells wordlist
which is plain text.

-- 
Michael
 Those that can, do; those that can't, teach.

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