I am a new at home transcriptionist charging by the line- is there a way to
do a line count on only the lines containing characters?

Ann,

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Count_Lines_of_Text.htm


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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
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Ann G wrote:
I am a new at home transcriptionist charging by the line- is there a
way to do a line count on only the lines containing characters?

All lines should contain characters. Don't use empty paragraphs to create
blank lines; instead use Space Before/After (Format | Paragraph).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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I am a new at home transcriptionist charging by the line- is there a way
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do a line count on only the lines containing characters?