Counting words

With WordPerfect, you can find out how many words are in a document or in selected text. You can also verify the number of pages, paragraphs, sentences, and lines that are in the document. In addition, you have the ability to exclude various elements, such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, or comments, from the word count.

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The <Count button> appears on the Application bar, making word count functionality easier to access than ever before.


To count words in a document

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Click Tools WordPerfect Office onestep Counting words Word count.
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Disable any of the following check boxes to exclude document elements from the count:
Headers
Footers
Comments
Footnotes
Endnotes
Watermarks
Text boxes
Box captions
3.
 
Click Update.
The word count summary appears in the Statistics area.

WordPerfect Office tip Counting words

 
While working in a document, you can perform or refresh a word count by clicking the <Count> button on the Application bar.

To count words in selected text

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Select the text.
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Click Tools WordPerfect Office onestep Counting words Word count.
The word count summary appears in the Statistics area.

WordPerfect Office tip Counting words

 
While working in a document, you can perform or refresh a word count by clicking the <Count> button on the Application bar.

Counting words