The way to do an on going character count is to right click the status bar
and select column. This will tell you how many "characters" there are as you
type. The only problem is if you edit a line you need to put the cursor back
to the end of the line to get the total character count. Make sense?
"ValerieH" wrote:
Hi, I needed to find the "character" count for the first time in Word 2007
and looked it up and came to this post. I am surprised to see the Microsoft
does not really have instructions in the Help section, However after reading
this entire email from top to bottom, this one, with the keyboard
instructions is what worked for me.
When I go to Review there is no "proofing" for me to select? What am I
missing? I would like to know how to click to it as well. I dont know why
they couldnt include it with the word count area, which seems to be the first
place it should be associated with. It would be great if I could get the
answer.
Thanks,
Val
"gudulzz" wrote:
If you are adept at the keyboard, "ALT+T then W" displays the word count box.
And no there is no way of changing the bar at the bottom to show characters.
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Powerpoint maniacs unite.
"ROGER459" wrote:
Good Answer... BUT... I need an... "ON-GOING"... Character Count inside the
WORD COUNT "BOX" at the Bottom of the page. I do not want to STOP and then
see how many Characters I have typed!
Many times I am limited by CHARACTER COUNT, and Not Word COUNT!
Thanks, for your Help! Cordially, Roger R.
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:01 -0700, sewinglady
wrote:
I need to count characters automatically in my word documents.
Need help
Click Tools Word Count (in Word 2007, Review Proofing Word
Count). It will tell you the number of characters with and without
spaces.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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