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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!

Comments

I 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

Thanks to you two for the added info.

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