Carol,

You are just the type of person that I posted this article on my website
for:


http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Count_Lines_of_Text.htm

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Carol wrote:
I do typing work for various companies and doctors. As many
companies like to pay by the number of lines, (and they don't want to
pay for blank lines), I need to be able to calculate this. As far as
I know, MS Word includes the blank lines in the line count and there
is no way to change this to make it add up only the lines which
actually have words on them. Am I correct? If there is a way to
make it count only the lines with words, and not blank lines, I would
really appreciate it if someone would let me know. Otherwise, I am
forced to do this manually, which cuts into my time, productivity,
and ultimately income.