I have a Word document with several thousand email addresses and I would like
to know exactly how many email addresses I have. The best way would be to
count the @ symbol. Can that be done?

Distribution list - Contacts Module wrote:
> I have a Word document with several thousand email addresses and I
> would like to know exactly how many email addresses I have. The best
> way would be to count the @ symbol. Can that be done?

Open the Replace dialog. Put the @ symbol in the Find What box and put the
code ^& in the Replace With box (the code means "the text that was found").
Click the Replace All button. A message will pop up to tell you how many
replacements it made.

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