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Hi - is it possible for word count to exclude all words in brackets?
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Yes, it is possible to exclude words in brackets from the word count in Microsoft Word. Here's how you can do it:
  1. Open your document in Microsoft Word.
  2. Click on the "File" tab in the top left corner of the screen.
  3. Click on "Options" at the bottom of the left-hand menu.
  4. In the Word Options dialog box, click on "Proofing" in the left-hand menu.
  5. Under "When correcting spelling and grammar in Word", click on "Settings".
  6. In the "Grammar Settings" dialog box, scroll down to the "Exclude" section.
  7. Check the box next to "Exclude textboxes, footnotes, and endnotes".
  8. Click on the "Exceptions" button.
  9. In the "Exceptions for" dialog box, check the box next to "Bracketed text".
  10. Click "OK" to close all the dialog boxes.

Now, when you run a word count in Microsoft Word, any words in brackets will be excluded from the count. Keep in mind that this setting will apply to all documents in Microsoft Word, not just the one you're currently working on.
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:45:01 -0800, jlk
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Hi - is it possible for word count to exclude all words in brackets?


Not directly -- you have to do it in two steps.

Make a copy of the document using the Save As command. In the copy,
delete all the words that are bracketed, by using a wildcard
replacement of an expression like

\([A-Za-z ]@\)

with nothing as described at
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm (but since different
people use "bracket" to mean different characters, you may have to
change the expression to make it work for yourself).

Do a word count on the remaining text of the copy document, which you
can then discard.


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Hi jlk,

It is not possible using word inbuilt function. But we can write macros.

Thanks,
Senthil. S

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Default Word Count Excluding bracketed words

You could also use a Replace operation to just format the bracketed words as
Hidden. When Hidden text is not displayed, it is also not counted.

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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:45:01 -0800, jlk
wrote:

Hi - is it possible for word count to exclude all words in brackets?


Not directly -- you have to do it in two steps.

Make a copy of the document using the Save As command. In the copy,
delete all the words that are bracketed, by using a wildcard
replacement of an expression like

\([A-Za-z ]@\)

with nothing as described at
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm (but since different
people use "bracket" to mean different characters, you may have to
change the expression to make it work for yourself).

Do a word count on the remaining text of the copy document, which you
can then discard.


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Jay Freedman
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Hi - is it possible for word count to exclude all words in brackets?
Check out Excludify: http://www.excludify.com

While it is not possible to exclude what’s in brackets and quotes from the word-count in Microsoft Word or Pages you can use a web tool designed to do it for you, called Excludify: http://www.excludify.com

You simply upload your .docx / .doc file or copy & paste your text into the textbox. Scroll down to see all the excluded brackets & quotes. Include the ones that are actually part of the word-count back in. Your ‘real’ word count will appear in the header.

Excludify is pretty neat, and I’ve been using it constantly to check my ‘real’ word count when I wrote my EE. I even upgraded to pro so it would remember what I wanted in-and what outside my word-count each time I came back to re-count the essay.
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Check out Excludify: http://www.excludify.com

While it is not possible to exclude what’s in brackets and quotes from the word-count in Microsoft Word or Pages you can use a web tool designed to do it for you, called Excludify: http://www.excludify.com

You simply upload your .docx / .doc file or copy & paste your text into the textbox. Scroll down to see all the excluded brackets & quotes. Include the ones that are actually part of the word-count back in. Your ‘real’ word count will appear in the header.

Excludify is pretty neat, and I’ve been using it constantly to check my ‘real’ word count when I wrote my EE. I even upgraded to pro so it would remember what I wanted in-and what outside my word-count each time I came back to re-count the essay.
Oh yes, Macro can do it in few seconds, I must be having one for this. Will get back once i fetch it
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