[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi H.,

The Windows Explorer preview properties for detail view with that particular c property column (Word count) appears to be a Vista
only feature and is a 'by file type' association property.

Hopefully one of the folks who has Office XP and Vista installed together will be able to test this a bit more.

I don't have any data on the method Windows is using to determine the word count, but I suspect it's probably reading the value you
get from inside Word
Office Button=Prepare=Properties=Document Properties
choose Advanced Properties=Statistics

Do you get the same 'mismatch' between clicking the 'Words:' (counter) choice on the status bar in Word 2007 and that dialog as you
get when viewing it in Windows Vista Explorer (open file) dialogs?

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"aitch" wrote in message ...
Hello Suzanne,

I've been holding on but it looks as though there's no response to my mail
apart from yours. Thanks for the interest.

I'll simply carry on using the Word Count from Tools - I've never had any
complaints from anyone about the count I've used and I feel happy with it.

Regards,

H
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

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