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Document comparison and wordcount
Hi,
When I do a document comparison, I see the new and deleted text on my screen. But I want to do a wordcount on the new text. In order to do so, i have to select the new text, but i have no clue how to do so. Any idea? Frans |
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Reveal your Reviewing toolbar and change the view setting to "Final". This
will show (and select) only the "resulting" text (New text + unchanged text). Is that what you want? Otherwise, you have to: 1) Use FileProperties to view the character count of the unchanged original document. 2) Copy the changed document and view its character count. 3) Accept all changes and view the character count. Subtract the number of characters in the Original from the number of characters in the Final (item 3) to obtain the number of "changed" characters. Subtract the number of characters in the Final from the number of characters in item 2 to obtain the number of Deleted characters. Subtract the number of Deleted characters from the number of Changed characters to obtain the number of New characters. Are you SURE this is worth it?? On 3/2/06 10:23 PM, in article , "Frans" wrote: Hi, When I do a document comparison, I see the new and deleted text on my screen. But I want to do a wordcount on the new text. In order to do so, i have to select the new text, but i have no clue how to do so. Any idea? Frans -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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I think the OP just wants a word count on the Final text, but perhaps I'm
misreading. -- 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. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote in message ... Reveal your Reviewing toolbar and change the view setting to "Final". This will show (and select) only the "resulting" text (New text + unchanged text). Is that what you want? Otherwise, you have to: 1) Use FileProperties to view the character count of the unchanged original document. 2) Copy the changed document and view its character count. 3) Accept all changes and view the character count. Subtract the number of characters in the Original from the number of characters in the Final (item 3) to obtain the number of "changed" characters. Subtract the number of characters in the Final from the number of characters in item 2 to obtain the number of Deleted characters. Subtract the number of Deleted characters from the number of Changed characters to obtain the number of New characters. Are you SURE this is worth it?? On 3/2/06 10:23 PM, in article , "Frans" wrote: Hi, When I do a document comparison, I see the new and deleted text on my screen. But I want to do a wordcount on the new text. In order to do so, i have to select the new text, but i have no clue how to do so. Any idea? Frans -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Yeah, that's what I thought too.
But there is a possibility that she's getting paid only for the "new" text she adds (I think there are still some Neanderthal clients out there who will pay only for 'the number of words you type') which is why I added the extremely convoluted second method. On 9/2/06 1:26 AM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think the OP just wants a word count on the Final text, but perhaps I'm misreading. -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |