I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
Need help

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
>Need help

Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
spaces.

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I dont find word count option in the proofing group. Where is it?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
> >Need help
>
> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
> spaces.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

On the Review tab of the Ribbon, in the Proofing group, Word count is the
bottom button on the right (the one with ABC/123). But it's much easier to
click on the Word Count button on the status bar, which pops up the same
dialog.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"salvation67" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:71937459-39A2-438C-B78D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I dont find word count option in the proofing group. Where is it?
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
>> >Need help
>>
>> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
>> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
>> spaces.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>

Is there any way to change the count default unit on the status bar from
"words" to "characters (with spaces)"? For my purposes, word count would be
too imprecise.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> On the Review tab of the Ribbon, in the Proofing group, Word count is the
> bottom button on the right (the one with ABC/123). But it's much easier to
> click on the Word Count button on the status bar, which pops up the same
> dialog.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "salvation67" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:71937459-39A2-438C-B78D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I dont find word count option in the proofing group. Where is it?
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
> >> >Need help
> >>
> >> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
> >> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
> >> spaces.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> >> newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >>
> >
>
>
>

No, but when you click on the button, you get the character count.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"dckrl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BD6A4B0A-0F41-45A0-8D6C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there any way to change the count default unit on the status bar from
> "words" to "characters (with spaces)"? For my purposes, word count would
> be
> too imprecise.
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> On the Review tab of the Ribbon, in the Proofing group, Word count is the
>> bottom button on the right (the one with ABC/123). But it's much easier
>> to
>> click on the Word Count button on the status bar, which pops up the same
>> dialog.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "salvation67" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:71937459-39A2-438C-B78D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I dont find word count option in the proofing group. Where is it?
>> >
>> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
>> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
>> >> >Need help
>> >>
>> >> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
>> >> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
>> >> spaces.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Jay Freedman
>> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> >> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>

see the spelling of "Does" in the help section of MS WORD......


Dose wordcount count each word? or just those over 3 letters?




"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
> >Need help
>
> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
> spaces.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

You could answer this for yourself, by testing on a document with words of 1-4 letters long!

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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Spelling error in word" <Spelling error in (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news3FF8043-4A66-4D2D-AA57-(E-Mail Removed)...
> see the spelling of "Does" in the help section of MS WORD......
>
>
> Dose wordcount count each word? or just those over 3 letters?
>
>
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
>> >Need help
>>
>> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
>> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
>> spaces.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>

Good Answer... BUT... I need an... "ON-GOING"... Character Count inside the
WORD COUNT "BOX" at the Bottom of the page. I do not want to STOP and then
see how many Characters I have typed!

Many times I am limited by CHARACTER COUNT, and Not Word COUNT!

Thanks, for your Help! Cordially, Roger R.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
> >Need help
>
> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
> spaces.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

I'm afraid that in this case what you need and what you can get aren't at
all the same thing.

ROGER459 wrote:
> Good Answer... BUT... I need an... "ON-GOING"... Character Count
> inside the WORD COUNT "BOX" at the Bottom of the page. I do not want
> to STOP and then see how many Characters I have typed!
>
> Many times I am limited by CHARACTER COUNT, and Not Word COUNT!
>
> Thanks, for your Help! Cordially, Roger R.
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
>>> Need help
>>
>> Click Tools > Word Count (in Word 2007, Review > Proofing > Word
>> Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
>> spaces.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.