[macropod[_2_]]

Hi Millie,

With the NUMWORDS field, a number like:
12,345,678.90
will only be counted as 1 word.

However, if you use periods as bullet points, for example:
.. Hello
That would be counted as 2 words.

If your document contains a formula like:
C = 2 x 3.141459 x 4.37
that would count as 7 words.

The same applies to the 'DOCPROPERTY Words' fields suggested by Herb.

It's only when you try to use a macro to process words in a document that you get problems. For example, in a document with nothing
more than:
12,345,678.90
This macro:
Sub Test()
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Words.Count
End Sub
returns a count of 8!

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Millie" wrote in message ...
Hi

Does that mean that commas and full stops are also counted as words?
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Millie


"macropod" wrote:

Hi Millie,

Yes, there's a NUMWORDS field, which you can create by pressing Ctrl-F9 to create a pair of field braces (ie '{ }') then typing
'NUMWORDS' between the field braces, thus '{NUMWORDS}', and pressing F9. Note two things about this:
1. Word's idea of a word count isn't what you might expect. For example, decimal numbers with thousands separators will be
counted
as multiple words.
2. The NUMWORDS field will count itself when you update it.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Millie" wrote in message ...
Is it possible to insert a word count in the footer of a Word document
similar to inserting the date & time whenever a document is changed?
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Millie