Placeholder text ... looking for a good (Ipsum Lorem) source

[Dijenga]

Was thinking about trying my hand at creating from scratch ... and was looking for somewhere to get placeholder text (lorum ipsum, etc. etc.) for the frames while I try to get the look I want.

The software I had been using, all I did was right click on a text frame and tell the program to fill with placeholder text and it was done.

I don't see that option in Xara, and haven't found a program to produce it. I did find a website http://www.blindtextgenerator.com/lorem-ipsum but would prefer something "offline".

[mwenz]

I don't know of any standalone lorum ipsum generators off hand. You can simply have one create more paragraphs than what you typically would use, then copy into a text editor.

I have wanted this in XDP from the first version I used. I either go to one of my bookmarked sites, or as is typical I am also running something that does insert variations on lorum ipsum, I just create a new frame, fill it, copy/paste it into XDP.

[zaphodeist]

Ctrl+Shift+L

[gwpriester]

John - Yep, that's it.

[Dijenga]

Ctrl+Shift+L

Thanks. Could find nothing of it in the help files.

[angelize]

just to expand on the Crtl +L short cut, Xara products have had this capability for years. It works with all 3 ways of inserting text. It creates standard Lorem ipsum text

If you want to add some fun to your filler text here is a list of 12 online generators that can be used to create lorem ipsum style filler text with fun themes, from sweet to savoury to TV and authors. https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/12-...text-more-fun/ The ones I tested were a simple copy and paste operation to get the generated text into Designer Pro.

Note: I do realize the OP wanted something offline but it would be quite easy to use these and other online generators you can find to create a library of text areas, text columns and text strings that could be added to your designs gallery and just dropped on the page when needed.

[mwenz]

Ctrl+Shift+L

Oh yeah, thanks.

I always forget about that. It's next to useless unless one likes pressing that key combination over and over in order to fill even a small text box.

[zaphodeist]

I just hold down ctrl/shift and rattle the "L" :-D Quicker than using a third party doofer and copy/paste imho

[mwenz]

I just hold down ctrl/shift and rattle the "L" :-D Quicker than using a third party doofer and copy/paste imho

But not any faster than having it work correctly in the first place.

[Acorn]

I know this is on-line but in the DuckDuckGo search box enter "2500 paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum": https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2500+parag...psum&ia=answer.
Expand the results and re-click the top link if you need more for a big book.

It is interesting that this produces over 110 pages copied into XDPX11, and now XWD365P, using the A4 1-column template (9pt Open Sans).
On my PC, it takes 22 seconds to load and 10 seconds to preview, 2 seconds to save and 4 seconds to update if there are small changes.

I call my file Soak Text. Pun intended.

MS Word paste take 6 seconds and totally effortless to add characters or blank pages.

Looking forward to the improved speed of text handling, like this, in the DTP element of XDP365X.

Acorn