Counting instances of specific words in a document

[Guest]

How can Word tell me when I've used the same word (i.e., malestrom) more than
once in a document? WordPerfect has a feature that will list alphabetically
all the words in a document, as well as indicate the number of times each
words was used. When you're drafting a document it isn't hard to use the
same word over again, but it usually isn't desireable to have certain words
pop up a second or subsequent time. Can anyone help me?

 

[Greg]

Michael,

Word doesn's have that specific feature. You can use Edit>Replace and
replace malestrom with malestrom and Word will report the number of
replacements made. I have put together a Word Add-In that is useful
for this purpose see:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Find_it_tool_bar.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You could also look for words marked as misspelled, since the word I think
you're looking for is "maelstrom." <g>

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

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[Guest]

Depending on your version of Word, select the word in question and in the
Find dialog box choose Whole Document, then click Find All. You'll get a
count of all instances forund.

Good Luck |:>)