Word count excluding "and" and "the"?

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A user needs to do word counts that exclude all the "ands" and "thes" in the
document. Is it possible to do this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:26:02 -0700, Ken Roper <Ken

A user needs to do word counts that exclude all the "ands" and "thes" in the
document. Is it possible to do this?

Make a copy of the document, using Save As. In the copy, use Edit >
Replace to replace "and" with nothing (that is, leave the Replace box
empty and click the Replace All button). Then replace "the" with
nothing. Do a word count. Then throw away the copy and reopen the
original document.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Alternatively, just replace "and" with itself and note the number of
replacements. Do the same thing for "the." Then subtract those numbers from
the total word count.

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

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