=RAND() in Word? What the #$%&?

Have you ever used the =RAND() function in Excel? If you haven’t, it basically just generates a random number from zero to one, e.g. “0.34874376.” No this isn’t a surprise, but what is a surprise is that it works in Word. Go ahead and type “=RAND()” into Word and see what happens. Hint: you don’t get numbers.