How to count words in text boxes
February 8, 2006
Office Word doesn’t count words in text boxes, which is a bit of a pain when, like me, you need to know the total number of words in a document to invoice your client. That’s why I was really happy to hear about colleagues’ ways of dealing with this on the TCR-D list. Pilar Bayle suggested using Total Assistant, which even counts words in PDF files, Kenneth Kronenberg recommended CompleteWordCount and John Stroman shared his method:
If you are using a PC,
[1] "Select all" and copy.
[2] Open Accessories > Notepad and paste (your text boxes should appear as plain text in Notepad)
[3] "Select all" and copy into empty Word document.
[4] Use the Wordcount function.
Very useful!
Posted by céline, in Technical corner, on February 8, 2006I thought I'd add my threepence worth, as a Mac user.
For us lot (members of the oppressed minority...) copying the text and pasting it into AppleWorks will do the job.
Select all, then go to Edit Menu / Writing Tools / Word count
Cheers
Xavier
FYI, there was a blog entry and comments about word count and tools on http://www.medical-translator.de/blog/archives/2005/10/wordcounts/
Marie-Louise
Posted by Marie-Louise on February 9, 2006 11:25 AMThanks to you two for the added info.
Posted by céline on February 9, 2006 11:29 AMPrevious: January 31, 2006
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