Here's one way to count the longer words:
First make a copy of the original document, and be sure to close the
original so it doesn't get overwritten by mistake. It would also be a
good idea to set up the backup method described at
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm.
In the copy, open the Replace dialog. Click the More button, and check
the box for "Use wildcards".
In the Find What box, enter this search expression:
[A-Za-z]{1,3}
which finds any sequence of one, two, or three letters that form a
word. (For more on wildcards, see
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.)
Leave the Replace With box blank, and click the Replace All button.
That will remove all the short words from the text.
Close the Replace dialog and open the Tools Word Count dialog. This
count includes only the remaining words, which are all four or more
letters.
Be sure to close the copy and return to the original document to
continue editing. When you're doing things with similar documents,
ALWAYS double-check the document name in the title bar before you
change anything, save anything, or delete any files!
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:36:01 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
Not without a macro, no. But this is a ridiculous stipulation. No one in the
real world counts words that way. It suggests that your instructor wants you
to avoid plain speaking and clarity (using honest Anglo-Saxon words) fill
your paper with obfuscatory fifty-cent Latin derivatives. It might be an
interesting challenge to write a paper that didn't *contain* any words of
three letters or fewer. g
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"DianaHolmes" wrote in message
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I have a paper to write for my Comp class. She will not count words with 3
letters or less. I need to write a 500 word paper. I need to know if there
is
a way to set word count to not count words with less then 4 letters.