Have the 'Word Count' in the statusbar display the 'Character Coun

[Nick D. Clements]

Is there anyway to set the 'Word Count' in the statusbar of Word 2007 to
display the 'Character Count' instead. I know you can get it by simply
clicking the word count "button" and it will give you all the word count
statistics, but it would be much more beneficial to me to have it just show
the Character Count.

 

[Patty Jones]

To improve access to the character counts (by default, Review tab, Proofing
group, Word count), add the Word Count command to the Quick Access Toolbar

Office Button, Office menu, Word Options, Word Options dialog box,
Customize, under Choose commands from, select Review tab, scroll down the
list and select Word count, Add, OK

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

How does having it on the QAT make it any more accessible than having it on
the status bar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Nick]

How does having it on the QAT make it any more accessible than having it on
the status bar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

i do not know. it doesn't really, as it's a smaller button. true it is
more accessible than going to the review tab, but that was not the
question... however that was almost the identical answer that someone
posted in a different form for basically the same question...

i really don't know how to ask it much clearer... in word 2007, on the
status bar, to the very left it says 'Page: 1 of 1' next to that it
says 'Words: 0' - type a word, it changes to 'Words: 1', type another
word it changes to 'Words: 2' - i would like to know if there is a
way to make it say 'Characters: 0', 'Characters: 121', etc. my
assumption is NO, but i do not know for sure.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, but if you click on that area of the status bar, you can get the
character count.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

How does having it on the QAT make it any more accessible than having it
on
the status bar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

i do not know. it doesn't really, as it's a smaller button. true it is
more accessible than going to the review tab, but that was not the
question... however that was almost the identical answer that someone
posted in a different form for basically the same question...

i really don't know how to ask it much clearer... in word 2007, on the
status bar, to the very left it says 'Page: 1 of 1' next to that it
says 'Words: 0' - type a word, it changes to 'Words: 1', type another
word it changes to 'Words: 2' - i would like to know if there is a
way to make it say 'Characters: 0', 'Characters: 121', etc. my
assumption is NO, but i do not know for sure.

 

[Mike]

Bah, that's unfortunate. I would like the exact same thing: display
character count in status bar (or anywhere else in Word) without
having to click on a button and without requiring a dialogue box to
pop up every time you want the character count and then you have to
close it...ie. a "real-time" character count, just like word count
works in the status bar.