Is there some way to do a character count in a document?

[Julie Parsons]

Writing a document that needs less than 2500 characters. How do I do a
character count in a document? HELP!

 

[Helen Cooper]

Review Tab - word count (on the left hand side) will tell you all the
information you need.

 

[Stefan Blom]

To count characters (words, etc.) in a whole document, don't select
anything. To count part of a document, select that part. Then do the
following: In Word 2007, you can use the Word Count command in the Proofing
group of the Review tab. In Word 97-2003, click Word Count on the Tools
menu.

 

[Jay Freedman]

By the way, that's for Word 2007. If you have Word 2003 or earlier, the Word
Count command is on the Tools menu.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note also that you can add Word Count to the status bar in Word 2007. It
will show the count for the entire document by default or for the selection
and entire document if text is selected.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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[Stefan Blom]

Yes, having Word Count on the status bar is very useful, but for some reason
I didn't want to share that tip, apparently. <g>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm currently working on a document for which there is a word limit, and I
confess I've been tempted to move it to Word 2007 for just that feature. <g>

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