I'm attempting to set up a document to use as an essay.
It requires a between a certain # of words. I cannot
locate a tool within the program that counts the # of
words in my essay. Is there one? And if so, how do I go
about using it? Thank you....

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm attempting to set up a document to use as an essay.
>It requires a between a certain # of words. I cannot
>locate a tool within the program that counts the # of
>words in my essay. Is there one? And if so, how do I
go
>about using it? Thank you....
>.
>Go to File \ Properties \ Statistics - that lists
everything you need. )

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm attempting to set up a document to use as an essay.
>It requires a between a certain # of words. I cannot
>locate a tool within the program that counts the # of
>words in my essay. Is there one? And if so, how do I
go
>about using it? Thank you....
>.
>Sorry, I should have said while in your document, go to
File, Properties, Statistics...

Note, however, that if you're counting words in a school assignment or
manuscript for publication, you don't *want* to count words in the header or
footer, and you would be unlikely to be using text boxes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Shauna Kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Monica
>
> As Suzanne and Kari have suggested, Tools > Word Count, or File >
Properties > Statistics.
>
> However, bear in mind that Word's word count doesn't count all the words.
If you have Word 2002 you can choose whether or not to
> count footnotes. But Word won't count words in headers or footers or in
text boxes that you might use to create drawings or
> diagrams.
>
> Some academic friends of mine had the same problem, so I created a little
add-in for them that gets around some of these problems.
> You can download it at
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/Comp...unt/index.html. It might be
useful for you.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
> Melbourne, Australia
>
>
> "Monica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:056201c37974$b013a2f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm attempting to set up a document to use as an essay.
> > It requires a between a certain # of words. I cannot
> > locate a tool within the program that counts the # of
> > words in my essay. Is there one? And if so, how do I go
> > about using it? Thank you....
>
>

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm attempting to set up a document to use as an essay.
>It requires a between a certain # of words. I cannot
>locate a tool within the program that counts the # of
>words in my essay. Is there one? And if so, how do I go
>about using it? Thank you....
>.
>Yes there is a way. Once the document is open and you
have typed in whatever you wish, highlight "tools" on the
command line, then highlight "word count". You will get a
dialogue box which gives you the following summary:

pages
words
characters (no spaces)
charcters (with spaces)
paragraphs
lines

You can also click on include footnotes and endnotes, for
a further count. You can also click on show toolbar and
refresh as you add content to the document.

Hope this helps...