If you don't double-space between sentences, you can get a fairly close
approximation with the following field code:

{={numchars}+{numwords}}

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:36:02 -0700, deepster1020
wrote:

I would like to get the number of characters with spaces in a Word
document
inserted in a field code. Is this possible?

Not without a macro. The standard NumChars field gives the count
without spaces.

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