When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a minimum of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences as well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
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Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a minimum of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences as well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the periods after
abbreviations.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message
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This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a minimum
of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences as
well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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Look at readability statistics. ToolsOptionsSpelling and Grammar and
check Show readability statistics. Consider the following:

Did Mr. Smith go to Washington? I don't know Mrs. Jones; you will have to
ask Mr. Smith.


ToolsSpelling and Grammar.

Words: 18
Characters: 71
Paragraphs: 1
Sentences: 2



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See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried
to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would
have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it
does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the
periods after
abbreviations.


"garfield-n-odie" wrote in
message
...
This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a
minimum
of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences
as
well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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Then with VBA I suppose you could use:

Sub CountSentences()
MsgBox ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(4).Value
'Instead of
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sentences.Count
End Sub

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Greg Maxey wrote:
Look at readability statistics. ToolsOptionsSpelling and Grammar
and check Show readability statistics. Consider the following:

Did Mr. Smith go to Washington? I don't know Mrs. Jones; you will
have to ask Mr. Smith.


ToolsSpelling and Grammar.

Words: 18
Characters: 71
Paragraphs: 1
Sentences: 2




Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried
to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would
have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it
does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the
periods after
abbreviations.


"garfield-n-odie" wrote in
message
...
This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a
minimum
of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences
as
well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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I suspected this might be available through the readability statistics, but
(short of VBA) there's no way to access those without checking grammar,
which is a huge PITA.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Look at readability statistics. ToolsOptionsSpelling and Grammar and
check Show readability statistics. Consider the following:

Did Mr. Smith go to Washington? I don't know Mrs. Jones; you will have to
ask Mr. Smith.


ToolsSpelling and Grammar.

Words: 18
Characters: 71
Paragraphs: 1
Sentences: 2



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried
to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would
have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it
does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the
periods after
abbreviations.


"garfield-n-odie" wrote in
message
...
This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a
minimum
of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences
as
well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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It is VBA, but all it takes in a macro is

msgbox("Sentences = " & activedocument.Sentences.Count)




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I suspected this might be available through the readability statistics, but
(short of VBA) there's no way to access those without checking grammar,
which is a huge PITA.

--
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.

"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Look at readability statistics. ToolsOptionsSpelling and Grammar and
check Show readability statistics. Consider the following:

Did Mr. Smith go to Washington? I don't know Mrs. Jones; you will have
to
ask Mr. Smith.


ToolsSpelling and Grammar.

Words: 18
Characters: 71
Paragraphs: 1
Sentences: 2



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried
to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would
have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it
does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the
periods after
abbreviations.


"garfield-n-odie" wrote in
message
...
This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

Connor wrote:

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a
minimum
of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences
as
well, I
would not have to do it manually.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
the
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