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Where is the word count tool?
Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007?
There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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You can add it to your status bar.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "abbyvfb" wrote in message ... Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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Hi,
You'll find the Word Count function under the "Review" tab (under "Set Language"). I hope it helps, Cheers, Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT] "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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This version is the worst!!! It took me way too long to find this simple
function: Click on "Review" tab. In left box (spelling and grammar) next to "Translate" is a little box - 123. That's the word count button. MS software is such a scam. Why do they make it so difficult? Because they can. cheers Joe in Durango, CO "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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Where is the word count tool?
Live word count is on the status bar.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Joe" wrote in message ... This version is the worst!!! It took me way too long to find this simple function: Click on "Review" tab. In left box (spelling and grammar) next to "Translate" is a little box - 123. That's the word count button. MS software is such a scam. Why do they make it so difficult? Because they can. cheers Joe in Durango, CO "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. |
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Hi Digitig,
Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this.
"Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). === "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Unfortunately no, I've not found a pattern to it yet. Mind you, I've only just noticed it (it's the first time I've needed word count since moving to Office 2007) so I'll keep a look out to see if I can make it reproducible. Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? This is text I have typed in. It's a college assignment in which I need to do 1000 words for the first part and 300 for each of the second and third parts. The partial counts were showing fine for the parts 1 and 2, not at all for part 3. I kept typing and selecting, and after a bit more typing and selecting the word count started appearing as it should (now I just need to get my word count down by about 20%!). What font are you using and what view are you working in. Calibri, print layout. |
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"Older Than You" wrote:
Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" To be fair, I'm quite glad that Microsoft can't see everything I'm typing in my word processor. I do like /some/ degree of privacy! Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). Well, I loathe the new UI with a vengeance, especially the way common hot key sequences are really long (altEF replaced with altHFDF, and try getting to custom document properties just using the keyboard!) whilst rare actions have really short sequences (altPH for hyphenation settings and altPJ to set the columns -- both things that I do once and for all in the document template), and the way I keep having to switch between ribbon tabs when on previous version I could have left all the relevant toolbars open for the task I was performing (when I'm putting a series of figures drawn in a different tool into a document, I hate the way the crop icon goes away when I add a caption -- I reckon it pretty much doubles the distance the mouse has to travel to do the job). But for all that, when I had trouble with word count I came here and found that the function I was used to was still available and still worked as it should, so credit to Microsoft for leaving it in. And when I come here with what is effectively a bug report, what on earth do you expect /any/ responsible company to do other than ask for the steps to repeat the behaviour? |
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Hi Digitig,
Thank you for the additional information. When you mention that it's working in two parts but not the third, can you explain how you're creating or tracking separate 'parts'? Is the document all just text? The 'Words:nn' choice on the status bar does gray out as you're typing and then 'catches up' during pauses, and this can sometimes happen on first selection of partial document text as well, more so if you have all of the proofing selections turned on for spelling/grammar/etc 'as you type'. ================ "digitig" wrote in message news  Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Unfortunately no, I've not found a pattern to it yet. Mind you, I've only just noticed it (it's the first time I've needed word count since moving to Office 2007) so I'll keep a look out to see if I can make it reproducible. Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? This is text I have typed in. It's a college assignment in which I need to do 1000 words for the first part and 300 for each of the second and third parts. The partial counts were showing fine for the parts 1 and 2, not at all for part 3. I kept typing and selecting, and after a bit more typing and selecting the word count started appearing as it should (now I just need to get my word count down by about 20%!). What font are you using and what view are you working in. Calibri, print layout. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Digitig,
On the keyboard shortcuts you mentioned, you may find that many of the old version ones still work g as do the new ones. For example Alt, E, F will still bring up Edit=Find (as will Ctrl+F). If you press Alt, then E, you should see a tooltip that Word 2007 recognized that you are using an Office 2003 shortcut key sequence  Old ones that don't always work were often on the old File menu (now Office button menu), where properties moved to Office Button=Prepare=Properties so (Alt, F, E, P) works to get you to the 'basic' properties, but the old (Alt, F, I) will now take you to the 'Office Center' (Word 2007 Options) dialog You can, however, add your own keyboard shortcuts as well, at least in Word g. For example to add a keyboard shortcut for the Word 2003 like properties dialog you can use Office Button=Word Options=Customize=Keyboard Shortcuts (Alt, F, I, C) and from the 'All commands' category, select the FileProperties choice. You can right click on the Crop tool icon to add-it to the Quick access toolbar, although it does appear in the Picture Tools=Format ribbon with a double click of the picture after inserting a caption. If you're handy with VBA (whichI'm not g, it can probably also be added to the right click menu for pictures as well. There are a number of different spreadsheets, by example tools and add-ins available that you may find helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx http://officelabs.com/projects/searc...s/default.aspx Some folks prefer to work with a minimzed ribbon (ctrl+F1 or double click on a ribbon tab) =============== "digitig" wrote in message ... "Older Than You" wrote: Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" To be fair, I'm quite glad that Microsoft can't see everything I'm typing in my word processor. I do like /some/ degree of privacy! Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). Well, I loathe the new UI with a vengeance, especially the way common hot key sequences are really long (altEF replaced with altHFDF, and try getting to custom document properties just using the keyboard!) whilst rare actions have really short sequences (altPH for hyphenation settings and altPJ to set the columns -- both things that I do once and for all in the document template), and the way I keep having to switch between ribbon tabs when on previous version I could have left all the relevant toolbars open for the task I was performing (when I'm putting a series of figures drawn in a different tool into a document, I hate the way the crop icon goes away when I add a caption -- I reckon it pretty much doubles the distance the mouse has to travel to do the job). But for all that, when I had trouble with word count I came here and found that the function I was used to was still available and still worked as it should, so credit to Microsoft for leaving it in. And when I come here with what is effectively a bug report, what on earth do you expect /any/ responsible company to do other than ask for the steps to repeat the behaviour? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Digitig, Thank you for the additional information. When you mention that it's working in two parts but not the third, can you explain how you're creating or tracking separate 'parts'? Just a simple Header 1 between the parts. I'm selecting the portion for which I want the word count. Is the document all just text? There's an Excel 2007 chart in there, and a couple of tables, but not in the part I wanted to count. The 'Words:nn' choice on the status bar does gray out as you're typing and then 'catches up' during pauses, and this can sometimes happen on first selection of partial document text as well, more so if you have all of the proofing selections turned on for spelling/grammar/etc 'as you type'. Well, I left it selected whilst I searched the net for the issue, found this forum, read the discussion so far and posted the problem, and it still hadn't caught up! |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, On the keyboard shortcuts you mentioned, you may find that many of the old version ones still work g as do the new ones. I know, but I get a warning that I'm using an obsolescent key sequence, which I take to mean I'm going to have to stop sooner or later. And it is only "some". I don't mind *too* much learning new keystrokes -- I had to do that between Word 2000 and Word 2003, when, for instance, insert reference changed from altIR ro altINR (now it's altSRF, of course -- at least it's not longer). Old ones that don't always work were often on the old File menu (now Office button menu) And altINR, which was on the Insert menu and no longer works... where properties moved to Office Button=Prepare=Properties so (Alt, F, E, P) works to get you to the 'basic' properties, but the old (Alt, F, I) will now take you to the 'Office Center' (Word 2007 Options) dialog But you'll notice that I mentioned *custom* properties, which my employer uses extensively in all document templates. You can right click on the Crop tool icon to add-it to the Quick access toolbar, Which is fine when I'm doing that task, but it's still there when I'm not. My point was that I used to have different toolbars with the buttons I needed for different tasks, and I would keep those toolbars on the screen whilst I was performing the task. When I moved on to a new task, I would close that toolbar and open the toolbar associated with the new task (often this would just be a couple of the standard toolbars, rather than custom ones). I don't seem to be able to do that any more, so Office is no longer task-oriented. If you're handy with VBA (which I'm not g, it can probably also be added to the right click menu for pictures as well. I'm rusty...how is C# integration? There are a number of different spreadsheets, by example tools and add-ins available that you may find helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx http://officelabs.com/projects/searc...s/default.aspx I'll have a look, thanks. Some folks prefer to work with a minimzed ribbon (ctrl+F1 or double click on a ribbon tab) I don't think that will help -- I don't mind the presence of the ribbon, I just mind the abscence of task-oriented tools (except when I'm writing a simple letter, in which case the ribbon /is/ task oriented). Regards, Tim |
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Oh, and I forgot to mention my other big Office 2007 -- I can't get help to
work. Whenever I ask for help I don't get a help page, instead a pile of XML opens in my XML editor (oXygen). All the stuff I can find on the web about help problems with Office 2007 relate to Vista systems with Macromedia installed, but I'm running XP Pro and don't have Macromedia. So when I can't find a feature I expect in Office 2007, I'm working blind. |
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Hi Tim,
You're right that in the UI you can't turn off and on toolbars, but you can 'cheat' a bit with the Quick Access Toolbar (and of course you can customize the ribbon using XML). The Quick Access toolbar holds its 'always visible' information in a standalone file. For Word that's Word.xml, but you can also have content stored in templates and/or documents that come and go as you either open them or attach them. So, for graphics work you can create a template (or a document) named, say, pictures.dotm and then put the crop tool on the QAT for that template. When you need the picture tools you can use Alt, T, I and attach the template or document, When you no longer need those tools, uncheck the attachment in the same dialog (I imagine you could also create macros that did this for you and have them either on the permanent QAT or with keyboard shortcuts for them stored in your Normal.dotm template). This tends to work better if you have only a few entries in the 'always on' part of the QAT or a really wide monitor screen You may want to take a look at the http://toolbartoggle.com add-in. It supports a floating toolbar (actually task pane) for some features. I'm not sure what warning you're getting regarding old keystrokes (I'll probably remember once I've had coffee on this Monday morning g). The 'Custom properties' would be one tab in the older Word 2003 properties dialog? That's a dialog I mentioned in the previous message that could be assigned a custom keyboard shortcut to be able to pop it up, although not to a specific tab in the dialog .As you can access the object model from C# it would be possible to customize the right click context menus that way, but that would be something one of the macro maven/programming folks who post here to address for you ========== "digitig" wrote in message ... On the keyboard shortcuts you mentioned, you may find that many of the old version ones still work g as do the new ones. I know, but I get a warning that I'm using an obsolescent key sequence, which I take to mean I'm going to have to stop sooner or later. And it is only "some". I don't mind *too* much learning new keystrokes -- I had to do that between Word 2000 and Word 2003, when, for instance, insert reference changed from altIR ro altINR (now it's altSRF, of course -- at least it's not longer). Old ones that don't always work were often on the old File menu (now Office button menu) And altINR, which was on the Insert menu and no longer works... where properties moved to Office Button=Prepare=Properties so (Alt, F, E, P) works to get you to the 'basic' properties, but the old (Alt, F, I) will now take you to the 'Office Center' (Word 2007 Options) dialog But you'll notice that I mentioned *custom* properties, which my employer uses extensively in all document templates. You can right click on the Crop tool icon to add-it to the Quick access toolbar, Which is fine when I'm doing that task, but it's still there when I'm not. My point was that I used to have different toolbars with the buttons I needed for different tasks, and I would keep those toolbars on the screen whilst I was performing the task. When I moved on to a new task, I would close that toolbar and open the toolbar associated with the new task (often this would just be a couple of the standard toolbars, rather than custom ones). I don't seem to be able to do that any more, so Office is no longer task-oriented. If you're handy with VBA (which I'm not g, it can probably also be added to the right click menu for pictures as well. I'm rusty...how is C# integration? There are a number of different spreadsheets, by example tools and add-ins available that you may find helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx http://officelabs.com/projects/searc...s/default.aspx I'll have a look, thanks. Some folks prefer to work with a minimzed ribbon (ctrl+F1 or double click on a ribbon tab) I don't think that will help -- I don't mind the presence of the ribbon, I just mind the abscence of task-oriented tools (except when I'm writing a simple letter, in which case the ribbon /is/ task oriented). Regards, Tim -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Tim,
Most of the Office help files are duplicated on http://office.microsoft.com/help In Windows Explorer you might want to check to see what file types are associated with the .HX_ series of file types. I don't recall if running Office diagnostics from Office Button=Word Options=Resources resets those for the CLView.exe help viewer =========== "digitig" wrote in message ... Oh, and I forgot to mention my other big Office 2007 -- I can't get help to work. Whenever I ask for help I don't get a help page, instead a pile of XML opens in my XML editor (oXygen). All the stuff I can find on the web about help problems with Office 2007 relate to Vista systems with Macromedia installed, but I'm running XP Pro and don't have Macromedia. So when I can't find a feature I expect in Office 2007, I'm working blind. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Tim, Most of the Office help files are duplicated on http://office.microsoft.com/help Maybe. But much of my time at work I don't have an internet connection (customer premises in environments where I can't use a mobile telephone). In Windows Explorer you might want to check to see what file types are associated with the .HX_ series of file types. Apparently nothing. They say "Opens with:" but the following text shows that Windows knows about what the files are. I've compared with a working intallation and they look the same. I don't recall if running Office diagnostics from Office Button=Word Options=Resources resets those for the CLView.exe help viewer Apparently not. I should probably try a re-install. |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: You may want to take a look at the http://toolbartoggle.com add-in. It supports a floating toolbar (actually task pane) for some features. That looks promising, thanks. I'm not sure what warning you're getting regarding old keystrokes (I'll probably remember once I've had coffee on this Monday morning g). "Warning" is possibly too strong, but a popup tells me that it's an Office 2003 access key. The 'Custom properties' would be one tab in the older Word 2003 properties dialog? That's a dialog I mentioned in the previous message that could be assigned a custom keyboard shortcut to be able to pop it up, although not to a specific tab in the dialog .The one I now get at with altFEP[click "Document Properties"][Click "Advanced Properties][Click "Custom"] As you can access the object model from C# it would be possible to customize the right click context menus that way, but that would be something one of the macro maven/programming folks who post here to address for you When I get a chance (looks like September, but may slip) I'll have a look at that. I never liked VBA -- I always felt I was working against it rather than with it -- but I really like C#. |
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Old ones that don't always work were often on the old File menu (now
Office button menu), where properties moved to Office Button=Prepare=Properties so (Alt, F, E, P) works to get you to the 'basic' properties, but the old (Alt, F, I) will now take you to the 'Office Center' (Word 2007 Options) dialog You can re-instate the Word 2003 File Menu accelerator keys if you want. I wrote some brief notes about how to do it: http://www.wordarticles.com/Shorts/A...celerators.htm -- Enjoy, Tony "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Digitig, On the keyboard shortcuts you mentioned, you may find that many of the old version ones still work g as do the new ones. For example Alt, E, F will still bring up Edit=Find (as will Ctrl+F). If you press Alt, then E, you should see a tooltip that Word 2007 recognized that you are using an Office 2003 shortcut key sequence Old ones that don't always work were often on the old File menu (now Office button menu), where properties moved to Office Button=Prepare=Properties so (Alt, F, E, P) works to get you to the 'basic' properties, but the old (Alt, F, I) will now take you to the 'Office Center' (Word 2007 Options) dialog You can, however, add your own keyboard shortcuts as well, at least in Word g. For example to add a keyboard shortcut for the Word 2003 like properties dialog you can use Office Button=Word Options=Customize=Keyboard Shortcuts (Alt, F, I, C) and from the 'All commands' category, select the FileProperties choice. You can right click on the Crop tool icon to add-it to the Quick access toolbar, although it does appear in the Picture Tools=Format ribbon with a double click of the picture after inserting a caption. If you're handy with VBA (whichI'm not g, it can probably also be added to the right click menu for pictures as well. There are a number of different spreadsheets, by example tools and add-ins available that you may find helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx http://officelabs.com/projects/searc...s/default.aspx Some folks prefer to work with a minimzed ribbon (ctrl+F1 or double click on a ribbon tab) =============== "digitig" wrote in message ... "Older Than You" wrote: Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" To be fair, I'm quite glad that Microsoft can't see everything I'm typing in my word processor. I do like /some/ degree of privacy! Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). Well, I loathe the new UI with a vengeance, especially the way common hot key sequences are really long (altEF replaced with altHFDF, and try getting to custom document properties just using the keyboard!) whilst rare actions have really short sequences (altPH for hyphenation settings and altPJ to set the columns -- both things that I do once and for all in the document template), and the way I keep having to switch between ribbon tabs when on previous version I could have left all the relevant toolbars open for the task I was performing (when I'm putting a series of figures drawn in a different tool into a document, I hate the way the crop icon goes away when I add a caption -- I reckon it pretty much doubles the distance the mouse has to travel to do the job). But for all that, when I had trouble with word count I came here and found that the function I was used to was still available and still worked as it should, so credit to Microsoft for leaving it in. And when I come here with what is effectively a bug report, what on earth do you expect /any/ responsible company to do other than ask for the steps to repeat the behaviour? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Tony,
Interesting. Word doesn't see these as keyboard shortcut custom assignments either (i.e. it doesn't list them from Office Button=Print=Print and selecting 'Key Assignments') and saves an 'attachedToolbars.bin' customization.xml part to Normal.dotm, even though the macro was only in a specific document (and now the Office Button has a different keyboard shortcut in Word than its sister apps )========== You can re-instate the Word 2003 File Menu accelerator keys if you want. I wrote some brief notes about how to do it: http://www.wordarticles.com/Shorts/A...celerators.htm -- Enjoy, Tony -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Bob,
Word doesn't see these as keyboard shortcut custom assignments either (i.e. it doesn't list them from Office Button=Print=Print and selecting 'Key Assignments') Accelerators were never considered shortcuts in that sense, so that's consistent with 2003. and saves an 'attachedToolbars.bin' customization.xml part to Normal.dotm, even though the macro was only in a specific document Without setting a CustomizationContext that is, again, consistent with earlier versions. and now the Office Button has a different keyboard shortcut in Word than its sister apps There's only one app worth using g. More seriously, you can either (a) change other apps in the same way, or (b) customize "File" with a different legacy accelerator (although you would have to remember to use it). -- Enjoy, Tony |
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I agree with these comments. Why isn't there a simple way to translate word
2003 functions to word 2007?? Some one really missed a very basic step in the design process. Rich "Joe" wrote: This version is the worst!!! It took me way too long to find this simple function: Click on "Review" tab. In left box (spelling and grammar) next to "Translate" is a little box - 123. That's the word count button. MS software is such a scam. Why do they make it so difficult? Because they can. cheers Joe in Durango, CO "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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Word Count is on the status bar by default.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "rich" wrote in message ... I agree with these comments. Why isn't there a simple way to translate word 2003 functions to word 2007?? Some one really missed a very basic step in the design process. Rich "Joe" wrote: This version is the worst!!! It took me way too long to find this simple function: Click on "Review" tab. In left box (spelling and grammar) next to "Translate" is a little box - 123. That's the word count button. MS software is such a scam. Why do they make it so difficult? Because they can. cheers Joe in Durango, CO "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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You have probably already found your answer to this, but just in case.........
click on the Review tab look on the left section entitled Proofing down the right side of the box you will see an icon ABC123 this is the word count icon. highlight the area in your document that you need a word count and then click on the icon . A little dialog box should pop onto your screen with the count for you. to save yourself from searching out this tool each time, simply right click on the icon and select "Add to Quick Access Toolbar" . You will then see the icon appear in your toolbar immediately above your document -- computerly challenged "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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It is not necessary to add the Word Count icon to the QAT since it is
already present (or potentially present) on the status bar. If you don't see it there, right-click on the status bar and add it. The status bar will then display the word count, and clicking on that will open the Word Count dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "dardar" wrote in message ... You have probably already found your answer to this, but just in case......... click on the Review tab look on the left section entitled Proofing down the right side of the box you will see an icon ABC123 this is the word count icon. highlight the area in your document that you need a word count and then click on the icon . A little dialog box should pop onto your screen with the count for you. to save yourself from searching out this tool each time, simply right click on the icon and select "Add to Quick Access Toolbar" . You will then see the icon appear in your toolbar immediately above your document -- computerly challenged "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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See Suzanne's replies in this thread
Right click the status bar at the bottom of the Word window and check 'Word Count'. The Word count is displayed in the status bar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank.Appelgate wrote: Where do I contact MSFT? These blogs did not help me. I still can not find the word counter for word 2007 "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the people answering questions here do not work for Microsoft. And providing details is necessary, because, as you pointed out, no one here is a mind-reader. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Older Than You" Older Than wrote in message ... Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). === "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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The most relevant answer to most everyone's question about finding commands
in Word '07 is simple: 1. Right-click on the "HOME" tab. 2. Select "CUSTOMIZE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR" 3. In the new window under "Choose Commands From:" drop down menu, select "ALL COMMANDS" 4.You will see a list of all commands. Scroll down to whatever command you have been looking for and highlight it. Click "ADD" button. 5. The command button will now reside on the top toolbar in Word '07. NOTE: not all commands that were available in '03 are directly accessible in '07. That is why you have to go to the "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" operation. "Frank.Appelgate" wrote: Where do I contact MSFT? These blogs did not help me. I still can not find the word counter for word 2007 "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the people answering questions here do not work for Microsoft. And providing details is necessary, because, as you pointed out, no one here is a mind-reader. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Older Than You" Older Than wrote in message ... Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). === "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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I think the solution to everyone's issue with finding commands is this:
1. Right-click on the "HOME" tab. 2. Select "CUSTOMIZE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR" 3. In the new window under "Choose Commands From:" drop down menu select "ALL COMMANDS" 4.You will see a list of all commands. Scroll down to the command you want to add and highlight it or double click. 5. Click "ADD" button. 6. Your command button will now reside on the top toolbar. Note: there are some commands that are not directly accessible from the standard toolbar menus. "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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I think the solution to everyone's issue with finding commands is this: 1. Right-click on the "HOME" tab. 2. Select "CUSTOMIZE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR" 3. In the new window under "Choose Commands From:" drop down menu select "ALL COMMANDS" 4.You will see a list of all commands. Scroll down to the command you want to add and highlight it or double click. 5. Click "ADD" button. 6. Your command button will now reside on the top toolbar. Note: there are some commands that are not directly accessible from the standard toolbar menus. |
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I think the solution to everyone's issue with finding commands is this: 1. Right-click on the "HOME" tab. 2. Select "CUSTOMIZE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR" 3. In the new window under "Choose Commands From:" drop down menu select "ALL COMMANDS" 4.You will see a list of all commands. Scroll down to the command you want to add and highlight it or double click. 5. Click "ADD" button. 6. Your command button will now reside on the top toolbar. Note: there are some commands that are not directly accessible from the standard toolbar menus. |
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In this specific instance, however, Word Count is already available on the
Status Bar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Chris W" Chris wrote in message ... The most relevant answer to most everyone's question about finding commands in Word '07 is simple: 1. Right-click on the "HOME" tab. 2. Select "CUSTOMIZE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR" 3. In the new window under "Choose Commands From:" drop down menu, select "ALL COMMANDS" 4.You will see a list of all commands. Scroll down to whatever command you have been looking for and highlight it. Click "ADD" button. 5. The command button will now reside on the top toolbar in Word '07. NOTE: not all commands that were available in '03 are directly accessible in '07. That is why you have to go to the "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" operation. "Frank.Appelgate" wrote: Where do I contact MSFT? These blogs did not help me. I still can not find the word counter for word 2007 "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the people answering questions here do not work for Microsoft. And providing details is necessary, because, as you pointed out, no one here is a mind-reader. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Older Than You" Older Than wrote in message ... Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). === "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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It is in the status bar or under the review tab.
However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of the page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be helpful. "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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The status bar in Word 2007 can't be turned off, so perhaps your Word window
is extending below the bottom of the screen? If it's in a restored (Normal) window, what happens if you Maximize it? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Amanda" wrote in message ... It is in the status bar or under the review tab. However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of the page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be helpful. "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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I too have had considerable difficulty using Word Count to find the count for a selection. Two observations: * It has trouble with any text that was input by a second user and which I then accepted via track changes. * It has trouble with citations linked to the reference list. This may relate to the first point. My work-around: after you select the relevant text, copy and paste it into a new document. The resulting word count should be accurate. It worked for me. MW Smith Menlo Park, CA "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The status bar in Word 2007 can't be turned off, so perhaps your Word window is extending below the bottom of the screen? If it's in a restored (Normal) window, what happens if you Maximize it? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Amanda" wrote in message ... It is in the status bar or under the review tab. However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of the page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be helpful. "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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I know where it is - but how do I insert the [WORD COUNT: 250] on my typed
document? "Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" wrote: Hi, You'll find the Word Count function under the "Review" tab (under "Set Language"). I hope it helps, Cheers, Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT] "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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You could insert a DocProperty field
{ DOCPROPERTY Words } But the field itself will add 1 to the word count and the use of 'Words: ' would add another, so if you did not wish to include the field in and its associated text in the count, you could insert a combination of fields eg { ={ DOCPROPERTY Words } - 1 \# "'Words: '0" } You can save this as an autotext or formatted autocorrect entry (for say #wc) for ease of reinsertion, but always update the field after insertion. Or you could insert the word count with a macro. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Hope wrote: I know where it is - but how do I insert the [WORD COUNT: 250] on my typed document? "Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" wrote: Hi, You'll find the Word Count function under the "Review" tab (under "Set Language"). I hope it helps, Cheers, Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT] "abbyvfb" wrote: Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks! |
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I found this training document very helpful. You find the feature you are
used to in 2003 and it tells you where to find the same feature in 2007. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...744321033.aspx "Frank.Appelgate" wrote: Where do I contact MSFT? These blogs did not help me. I still can not find the word counter for word 2007 "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the people answering questions here do not work for Microsoft. And providing details is necessary, because, as you pointed out, no one here is a mind-reader. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Older Than You" Older Than wrote in message ... Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all this. "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?" Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out the problems? But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity caused by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change the UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI actually works (when it does). === "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Digitig, Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior? Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in? What font are you using and what view are you working in. Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear correctly. ============ "digitig" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Live word count is on the status bar. But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text the live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and that's great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count will continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to the word count button on the review tab to get the count. So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count in the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so hard to find. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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