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Word's word count feature should be able to count sentences also
That doesn't work so well Jezebel.
Consider: How did Mr. Smith get to Washington? That is not two sentences. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Jezebel wrote: 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. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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