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Counting characters in word
Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to
do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! |
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BentoT,
It would seem to me that you would want the Word Count box to remain open and to update automatically as you type. I see no feature that would allow that. you might suggest that to Microsoft. Perhaps an option that would allow the user to select which statistic would show in the Word button on the lower left. I'm no help at all but perhaps I've helped you to define the feature you would like to have added to Word 2007. "BentoT" wrote: Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! |
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"BentoT" wrote in message
... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! Add Word count to the status bar (at the bottom of the page). That does two things - it updates as you type, and if you select a block of text it shows the word count in the block and the total, as in 156/4987 |
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"BentoT" wrote in message
... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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It seems that several people have told BentoT this, but that doesn't seem to
be what he wants. It's still just one click--select the word, click on Word Count, get the number of characters--but the issue is that you have to click Close before making another selection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BentoT" wrote in message ... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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Exactly, Suzanne! Thanks for your help, but I still didn't get the reply I
wanted. It takes me a lot of time selecting every word from a list, for instance, and having to do click - check - ok a huge number of times. All I wanted was to select the text, click "count" and see the result instantly (with or without spaces) like before... BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: It seems that several people have told BentoT this, but that doesn't seem to be what he wants. It's still just one click--select the word, click on Word Count, get the number of characters--but the issue is that you have to click Close before making another selection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BentoT" wrote in message ... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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From what you say, I gather you were using the Word Count toolbar in a
previous version. Unfortunately, since Word 2007 doesn't have any toolbars (much less floating ones), there's no way (that I know of) to replicate this functionality in Word 2007. There is a Word Count command that can be added to the QAT, but it just opens the same dialog you get when you click on the word count in the status bar. What's especially nice about the Word Count toolbar (which I haven't used) is that, once you choose a specific item (such as "Characters (no spaces)"), the display stays on that when you count other selections. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BentoT" wrote in message ... Exactly, Suzanne! Thanks for your help, but I still didn't get the reply I wanted. It takes me a lot of time selecting every word from a list, for instance, and having to do click - check - ok a huge number of times. All I wanted was to select the text, click "count" and see the result instantly (with or without spaces) like before... BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: It seems that several people have told BentoT this, but that doesn't seem to be what he wants. It's still just one click--select the word, click on Word Count, get the number of characters--but the issue is that you have to click Close before making another selection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BentoT" wrote in message ... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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Yes, I was using Word 2003 but decided to upgrade. That's what I've been
doing to count the characters, using the Word Count command in the QAT... I wasn't sure if that was the only way to count characters, that's why I decided to ask. What about Excel? Is there any way of counting characters if you use it to format text? Thanks very much for your help. BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: From what you say, I gather you were using the Word Count toolbar in a previous version. Unfortunately, since Word 2007 doesn't have any toolbars (much less floating ones), there's no way (that I know of) to replicate this functionality in Word 2007. There is a Word Count command that can be added to the QAT, but it just opens the same dialog you get when you click on the word count in the status bar. What's especially nice about the Word Count toolbar (which I haven't used) is that, once you choose a specific item (such as "Characters (no spaces)"), the display stays on that when you count other selections. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BentoT" wrote in message ... Exactly, Suzanne! Thanks for your help, but I still didn't get the reply I wanted. It takes me a lot of time selecting every word from a list, for instance, and having to do click - check - ok a huge number of times. All I wanted was to select the text, click "count" and see the result instantly (with or without spaces) like before... BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: It seems that several people have told BentoT this, but that doesn't seem to be what he wants. It's still just one click--select the word, click on Word Count, get the number of characters--but the issue is that you have to click Close before making another selection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BentoT" wrote in message ... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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Fellow MVP Greg Maxey - at my instigation - has been working on an emulation
of the count tool bar for use in Word 2007. It is not perfect, but at least it looks the same and stays on screen while you select new texts. If you want a look at the current state of it, I am sure he won't mind sending you a copy - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org BentoT wrote: Yes, I was using Word 2003 but decided to upgrade. That's what I've been doing to count the characters, using the Word Count command in the QAT... I wasn't sure if that was the only way to count characters, that's why I decided to ask. What about Excel? Is there any way of counting characters if you use it to format text? Thanks very much for your help. BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: From what you say, I gather you were using the Word Count toolbar in a previous version. Unfortunately, since Word 2007 doesn't have any toolbars (much less floating ones), there's no way (that I know of) to replicate this functionality in Word 2007. There is a Word Count command that can be added to the QAT, but it just opens the same dialog you get when you click on the word count in the status bar. What's especially nice about the Word Count toolbar (which I haven't used) is that, once you choose a specific item (such as "Characters (no spaces)"), the display stays on that when you count other selections. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BentoT" wrote in message ... Exactly, Suzanne! Thanks for your help, but I still didn't get the reply I wanted. It takes me a lot of time selecting every word from a list, for instance, and having to do click - check - ok a huge number of times. All I wanted was to select the text, click "count" and see the result instantly (with or without spaces) like before... BentoT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" escreveu: It seems that several people have told BentoT this, but that doesn't seem to be what he wants. It's still just one click--select the word, click on Word Count, get the number of characters--but the issue is that you have to click Close before making another selection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BentoT" wrote in message ... Word 2003 had a very useful menu for counting characters. All you needed to do was to select the text whose characters you wanted to count (with or without spaces) and to click the "count" button. I've recently changed to Word 2007 and unfortunately, that menu is nowhere to be found. Instead, every time I need to count the characters of one word, I must click a button and I see the whole thing "characters with spaces, characters with no spaces, lines, etc.". However, it's not as useful as the one before, because you cannot skip to the next word before clicking OK and restarting the procedure all over again. Is there any way of bringing that old menu back? It would save my day! In addition, if you click on the Word Count box in the Status Bar you get the Character Count box.... |
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