How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?

SF was telling us:
SF nous racontait que :

How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?

Quick and dirty:

Find/Replace:
Find what: the
(Make sure to check the "Whole word" checkbox)
Replace with: Anything, it does not matter.
Hit "Replace All"

Then a dialog shows up telling you how many occurrences where replaced (i.e
How many "Find what" expressions)

Click OK
When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the Find/Replace


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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:43:52 -0700, "SF" nospam@@@nospam wrote:

How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?


See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...sTextInDoc.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Jean-Guy Marcil wrote:
SF was telling us:
SF nous racontait que :

How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?

Quick and dirty:

Find/Replace:
Find what: the
(Make sure to check the "Whole word" checkbox)
Replace with: Anything, it does not matter.
Hit "Replace All"

Then a dialog shows up telling you how many occurrences where
replaced (i.e How many "Find what" expressions)

Click OK
When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the
Find/Replace

If you use ^& as the replace string, Word will simply put back the word it
found, so undo becomes unnecessary.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

....
: Click OK
: When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the
: Find/Replace
:
: If you use ^& as the replace string, Word will simply put back
the word it
: found, so undo becomes unnecessary.
:
....
Huh, I was going to suggest something like that; then I saw your
post.

Works good, lasts long time: but, why would ^& be better than
simply doing a copy/paste and putting the same word in the
Replace With?

Just curious; I like to know other's opinoins and reasons for
things besides how they work.

Thanks: Gotta go see what ^& is all about now

PopS

Thanks, Jay. That's exactly what I was looking for!

I know (intellectually) that doing a find/replace and then UN-doing it
results in essentially no change, but my heart worries because the fact is
that something WAS changed, and then put back. However irrational it may
seem, I don't like doing and undoing dozens of changes in a very, very
important document. It's just unnerving. Sorry.

I'll go with a regular count, thank you. (Even if it does take longer. I'll
sacrifice a few seconds in order to keep peace of mind.)

Thank you all.


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:43:52 -0700, "SF" nospam@@@nospam wrote:

How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?


See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...sTextInDoc.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:29:34 -0700, SF wrote:

I know (intellectually) that doing a find/replace and then UN-doing it
results in essentially no change, but my heart worries because the fact is
that something WAS changed, and then put back. However irrational it may
seem, I don't like doing and undoing dozens of changes in a very, very
important document. It's just unnerving. Sorry.

I'll go with a regular count, thank you. (Even if it does take longer. I'll
sacrifice a few seconds in order to keep peace of mind.)

Thank you all.
--
Greetings--
In Word 2003, the Find dialog (Ctrl+F) has a ´Find and Select All¡ command.
It will tell you how many instances of the search string it found (and
selected).
Cheers
Robert

^& works better because it allows for capitalization to be maintained.

You may find http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm useful also.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PopS wrote:
...
Click OK
When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the
Find/Replace

If you use ^& as the replace string, Word will simply put back the
word it found, so undo becomes unnecessary.

...
Huh, I was going to suggest something like that; then I saw your
post.

Works good, lasts long time: but, why would ^& be better than
simply doing a copy/paste and putting the same word in the
Replace With?

Just curious; I like to know other's opinoins and reasons for
things besides how they work.

Thanks: Gotta go see what ^& is all about now

PopS

Graham Mayor was telling us:
Graham Mayor nous racontait que :

Jean-Guy Marcil wrote:
SF was telling us:
SF nous racontait que :

How can I count the number of times a particular word appears in my
document?

Quick and dirty:

Find/Replace:
Find what: the
(Make sure to check the "Whole word" checkbox)
Replace with: Anything, it does not matter.
Hit "Replace All"

Then a dialog shows up telling you how many occurrences where
replaced (i.e How many "Find what" expressions)

Click OK
When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the
Find/Replace

If you use ^& as the replace string, Word will simply put back the
word it found, so undo becomes unnecessary.

Duh!
Thanks!

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

Can you tell me where to find that? I can find a 'replace all' but no 'find
all'. Thanks.

Suzan

"Robert" wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:29:34 -0700, SF wrote:

I know (intellectually) that doing a find/replace and then UN-doing it
results in essentially no change, but my heart worries because the fact is
that something WAS changed, and then put back. However irrational it may
seem, I don't like doing and undoing dozens of changes in a very, very
important document. It's just unnerving. Sorry.

I'll go with a regular count, thank you. (Even if it does take longer. I'll
sacrifice a few seconds in order to keep peace of mind.)

Thank you all.
--
Greetings--
In Word 2003, the Find dialog (Ctrl+F) has a €œFind and Select All€� command.
It will tell you how many instances of the search string it found (and
selected).
Cheers
Robert

Suzan was telling us:
Suzan nous racontait que :

Can you tell me where to find that? I can find a 'replace all' but no
'find all'. Thanks.

Suzan

"Robert" wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:29:34 -0700, SF wrote:

I know (intellectually) that doing a find/replace and then UN-doing
it results in essentially no change, but my heart worries because
the fact is that something WAS changed, and then put back. However
irrational it may seem, I don't like doing and undoing dozens of
changes in a very, very important document. It's just unnerving.
Sorry.

I'll go with a regular count, thank you. (Even if it does take
longer. I'll sacrifice a few seconds in order to keep peace of
mind.)

Thank you all.
--
Greetings--
In Word 2003, the Find dialog (Ctrl+F) has a "Find and Select All"
command. It will tell you how many instances of the search string it
found (and selected).
Cheers
Robert

From the "Find" dialog, you have to first check the "Highlight all items
found in:", then choose "Main document". Once you do that you will see that
the "Find" button becomes "Find All." Click on "Find All," then Word will
report how many items were found right inside the "Find" dialog box, above
the three buttons.

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

Merci - this will be very handy!

Suzan

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

Suzan was telling us:
Suzan nous racontait que :

Can you tell me where to find that? I can find a 'replace all' but no
'find all'. Thanks.

Suzan

"Robert" wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:29:34 -0700, SF wrote:

I know (intellectually) that doing a find/replace and then UN-doing
it results in essentially no change, but my heart worries because
the fact is that something WAS changed, and then put back. However
irrational it may seem, I don't like doing and undoing dozens of
changes in a very, very important document. It's just unnerving.
Sorry.

I'll go with a regular count, thank you. (Even if it does take
longer. I'll sacrifice a few seconds in order to keep peace of
mind.)

Thank you all.
--
Greetings--
In Word 2003, the Find dialog (Ctrl+F) has a "Find and Select All"
command. It will tell you how many instances of the search string it
found (and selected).
Cheers
Robert

From the "Find" dialog, you have to first check the "Highlight all items
found in:", then choose "Main document". Once you do that you will see that
the "Find" button becomes "Find All." Click on "Find All," then Word will
report how many items were found right inside the "Find" dialog box, above
the three buttons.

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

It also protects against the eventuality of mistyping in the "Replace with"
box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
^& works better because it allows for capitalization to be maintained.

You may find http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm useful
also.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


PopS wrote:
...
Click OK
When back in your document, do CTRL-Z immediately to undo the
Find/Replace

If you use ^& as the replace string, Word will simply put back the
word it found, so undo becomes unnecessary.

...
Huh, I was going to suggest something like that; then I saw your
post.

Works good, lasts long time: but, why would ^& be better than
simply doing a copy/paste and putting the same word in the
Replace With?

Just curious; I like to know other's opinoins and reasons for
things besides how they work.

Thanks: Gotta go see what ^& is all about now

PopS