Adding placeholder text in Photoshop CS4

Hi,
Hope this finds you well.
Does anyone know how to add placeholder text in Photoshop cs4?
I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing back from you soon.

There is no built-in function as with InDesign (Photoshop isn't a layout program, after all. If you're setting large amounts of body copy you're using the wrong tool for the job...).
Locate some placeholder text. Here's one of the many links Google returns:
http://www.lipsum.com/
Copy and paste into Photoshop.

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