I'm assuming you're referring to Word 2007? If so right click onthe Word status bar that displays the Word count and you can turn
on or off a number of displayed features.
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At the bottom of any word document word continutes to display "Word is Calculating the Word Count" every ten seconds or so.>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
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