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Are you looking for an easy way to check the word count in your Microsoft Word document? Word has an easy-to-use, built-in tool that keeps track of your word count in each of its versions, including desktop, mobile or online. This wikiHow article will teach you how to view the word count for a section of text or your entire document in Microsoft Word.

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    Launch Microsoft Word. This can be done by double clicking on the Word icon on your desktop, in your Taskbar (Windows) or Dock (Mac). If you don’t see an icon, click on the ‘Start» menu in the lower left of your PC’s screen. Click on the ‘All Programs» drop down and select Microsoft Word.[1]

    • On Mac, click on the Launchpad (a gray rocketship) icon in your dock. Type ‘Word’ in the search bar at the top of the screen.

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    Navigate to an existing document. To open a document, go to the File menu, and then click on Open. A dialog box will appear with a list of available documents.[2]

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    Select a document. In the dialog box, navigate to the document you wish to open. Select the document, and once it’s highlighted, click on Open in the lower right of the dialog box.

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    Select Tools. Once your document is open, select the Tools menu at the top center of the window.[3]

    • This step only applies to a MAC OS.

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    Scroll to Word Count. In the Tools menu dropdown, click on «Word Count.»

    • If you’re not using a Mac, you won’t see any Tools heading at the top. In this case, go to the Review tab at the top of your document. Once there, you’ll see «Word Count» on the left-hand side of the section.

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    Review your word count. A box will open displaying the number of words, as well as the number of characters, paragraphs, lines and pages, contained in your document.

    • In many documents, the word count is displayed live on the left side of the bottom bar of the document window. Click on this word count to get additional information, such as the number of pages and characters.

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    Place your cursor at the beginning of the text you wish to count. Click on the beginning of the sentence, paragraph or section of text for which you want a word count.

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    Highlight the section of text. Drag your cursor to the end of the text section, which should now be highlighted in blue.

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    Click on the Tools menu. Select the Tools menu at the top center of the document window.

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    Click on Word Count. Select Word Count from the Tools menu dropdown. A box displaying the number of words, characters, lines, pages and paragraphs will appear on the screen.

    • The word count for a selected portion of text will usually be displayed in the bottom bar of your document.

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    Launch the Microsoft Word mobile app. On your smartphone or tablet, tap on the Word app to launch it.

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    Open a document. The app will usually open the last document you were working on. If not, you will see a list of recently-opened files. Tap on the file you wish to work on.

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    Tap the Edit menu. Once your document is open, tap on the Edit menu (a capital «A» with a pencil icon) on top center of your screen. The Edit menu will open in the bottom half of your screen.

    • In Word for iPad, simply tap on the «Review» menu at the top center of the tablet’s screen.

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    Tap on «Home.» Home is located on the left side of the Edit menu bar. This will open a pop-up menu.

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    Tap on «Review.» The Review menu is near the bottom of the Edit menu pop-up.

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    Tap on «Word Count.» Word Count is near the bottom of the Review menu. When you tap it, the number of words, characters and pages in your document will be displayed.

    • In Word for iPad, word count is an icon, several lines with the numbers «123» displayed in the upper left, in the main menu bar under the Review menu.
    • Highlight a section of text by tapping on it with your fingers, then tap on Word Count to display the number of words in the highlighted portion of your document.

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    Launch Word online. Navigate to office.live.com and log in with your Microsoft ID and password or choose to use the free version.

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    Open a document. On the left side of your screen, select a recent document.

    • If you don’t see the document you want to edit, select Open from One Drive or Open from Dropbox in the lower left corner of the window.

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    Review the word count. Once you have an open document, check the bottom left, side of the document. The word count automatically appears in the lower scroll bar.

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    Select all of the words in the header and the word count for the words you highlighted will be displayed in the word count box on the status bar.

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  • On Word for PC/Mac, make sure the Microsoft Word window is fully maximized. Otherwise, the window can be moved within your viewable area, and the Word Count in the lower portion of the document could be hidden.

  • To ensure the word count is always visible in your documents, select View from the Preferences menu in the upper left corner of your Mac or PC. The check the box to the left of «Live Word Count.»

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Word counts the number of words in a document while you type. Word also counts pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters.

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When you need to know how many words, pages, characters, paragraphs, or lines are in a document, check the status bar.


Partial word count

For a partial word count, select the words you want to count. The status bar shows the word count for that selection and for the entire document.

Tip: Find the number of characters, paragraphs, and lines by clicking on the word count in the status bar.
Word count detail

Count the number of characters, lines, and paragraphs

You can view the number of characters, lines, paragraphs, and other information in your Word for Mac, by clicking the word count in the status bar to open the Word Count box. Unless you have selected some text, Word counts all text in the document, as well as the characters, and displays them in the Word Count box as the Statistics.

Word count dialog box

Count the number of words in a part of a document

To count the number of words in only part of your document, select the text you want to count. Then on the Tools menu, click Word Count.

Just like the Word desktop program, Word for the web counts words while you type.

Word Count

If you don’t see the word count at the bottom of the window, make sure you’re in Editing view (click Edit Document > Edit in Word for the web).

Click the word count to switch it off and on.

Word Count Disabled

Maybe you noticed that Word for the web gives you an approximate word count. That’s because it doesn’t count words in areas like text boxes, headers, footers, and SmartArt graphics. If you need an exact count, click Open in Word, and look at the word count at the bottom of the Word document window.

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When you type in a document, Word automatically counts the number of pages and words in your document and displays them on the status bar at the bottom of the workspace. If you don’t see the word count in the status bar right-click the status bar and click Word Count.

Contents

  • 1 How do you check Word Count on Microsoft Word?
  • 2 How do you count words in Microsoft Word 2019?
  • 3 How do you check word count on typing?
  • 4 What is the rule for Word Count?
  • 5 Can you go 10 over word count?
  • 6 How many pages is 800 word count?
  • 7 How long is a 10000 word essay?
  • 8 What does 1000 word limit mean?
  • 9 Do lecturers really check word count?
  • 10 How many pages is a 500 word count?
  • 11 How many pages is 800 to 1200 words?
  • 12 How many pages is a 70 000 word novel?
  • 13 How many pages is 16000 words?
  • 14 How many pages is 124000 words?
  • 15 Can I write a 1000 word essay in 4 hours?
  • 16 What does 750 word limit mean?
  • 17 What does 1800 words look like?
  • 18 How many pages is 1600 words?
  • 19 How do you check word count without references?
  • 20 What does 250 words look like typed?

How do you check Word Count on Microsoft Word?

The method for finding the character count in Word is exactly the same whether you are using Windows or a Mac.

  1. If you want the character count of just part of the document, select the text you want to count.
  2. Click the “Review” tab in the ribbon.
  3. In the ribbon, click “Word Count.”
  4. The Word Count dialog box will appear.

How do you count words in Microsoft Word 2019?

Count the number of words in a part of a document
To count the number of words in only part of your document, select the text you want to count. Then on the Tools menu, click Word Count. Just like the Word desktop program, Word for the web counts words while you type.

How do you check word count on typing?

Visit the Google Docs website, sign in if necessary, and then open your document.

  1. Select Tools from the menu and choose Word Count.
  2. Check the box for Display word count while typing.
  3. Click OK.

What is the rule for Word Count?

The word count is the number of words in a document or passage of text. Word counting may be needed when a text is required to stay within certain numbers of words.
In fiction.

Classification Word count
Novel 40,000 words or over
Novella 17,500 to 39,999 words
Novelette 7,500 to 17,499 words
Short story up to 7,500 words

Can you go 10 over word count?

Assignment length requirements are usually given in terms of numbers of words. Unless the lecturer tells you that these limits are strict, it is normally acceptable to be 10% above or below this word limit (so, for example, a 2000 word assignment should be between 1800 and 2200 words).

How many pages is 800 word count?

1.6 pages
Answer: 800 words is 1.6 pages single-spaced or 3.2 pages double-spaced. Documents that typically contain 800 words are high school and college essays, short blog posts, and news articles.

How long is a 10000 word essay?

Answer: 10,000 words is 20 pages single-spaced or 40 pages double-spaced.

What does 1000 word limit mean?

With that in mind, 1,000 typed words is about four pages.If you’re using 1.5 spacing, it would be around three pages. An easy way to think of it is that the standard, double-spaced page contains approximately 250 words. This makes the math even faster and perfectly lines up 1,000 words and four pages.

Do lecturers really check word count?

If written, they will actually count them, looking for repetition. If submitted electronically, they can, among other things look at the properties of the essay, or they can simply highlight the whole document, which will also give you the number of words.

How many pages is a 500 word count?

Answer: 500 words is 1 page single-spaced or 2 pages double-spaced. Documents that typically contain 500 words are high school and college essays, short blog posts, and news articles. It will take approximately 2 minutes to read 500 words.

How many pages is 800 to 1200 words?

Pages by Word Count

Word Count Pages (single spaced) Pages (double spaced)
800 Words 1⅗ Pages 3⅕ Pages
1000 Words 2 Pages 4 Pages
1200 Words 2⅖ Pages 4⅘ Pages
1500 Words 3 Pages 6 Pages

How many pages is a 70 000 word novel?

140 pages
Answer: 70,000 words is 140 pages single-spaced or 280 pages double-spaced. Typical documents that are 70,000 words or more include full-length novels. It will take approximately 233 minutes to read 70,000 words.

How many pages is 16000 words?

32 pages
Answer: 16,000 words is 32 pages single-spaced or 64 pages double-spaced. Typical documents that are 16,000 words include include novels, novellas, and other published books.

How many pages is 124000 words?

248 pages
Answer: 124,000 words is 248 pages single-spaced or 496 pages double-spaced.

Can I write a 1000 word essay in 4 hours?

It takes about 3 hours and 20 minutes to write a 1,000 word essay. How long does it take to write a 1,250 word essay? It takes about 4 hours and 10 minutes to write a 1,250 word essay.

What does 750 word limit mean?

A word count of 750 words will equal about 1.5 pages single spaced or 3 pages double spaced.Use our online word count tool to quickly count how many words are in your essay or blog post.

What does 1800 words look like?

Answer: 1,800 words is 3.6 pages single-spaced or 7.2 pages double-spaced. Documents that typically contain 1,800 words are short-form news articles, medium length blog posts, and short pieces of journalism.

How many pages is 1600 words?

3.2 pages
Answer: 1,600 words is 3.2 pages single-spaced or 6.4 pages double-spaced.

How do you check word count without references?

If you want to count only the words in a particular section of your document, select that portion of the text with your mouse or keyboard, then go to Review > Word Count to open the Word Count dialog box to see how many words are in that section and whether that count includes/excludes footnotes/endnotes/text boxes.

What does 250 words look like typed?

Answer: 250 words is 0.5 pages single-spaced or 1 page double-spaced. Documents that typically contain 250 words are short memos, blog posts, or marketing copy.A 250 word count will create about 0.5 pages single-spaced or 1 page double-spaced when using normal margins (1″) and 12 pt. Arial or Times New Roman font.

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Microsoft Word logo on a blue background

Look in the bottom-left corner of the Microsoft Word window to see the word count of an entire document. To view the word count for a specific section of text, select the text with your cursor, and then look at the bottom-left corner of the window.

Depending on what you’re working on, such as an essay for a school assignment, you may have a specific word count you must reach (or not exceed). You can quickly tell what the current word count is in Microsoft Word.

You can get the word count for your entire Word document, or you can get the word count of just a specific section in Word for Windows.

Get the Word Count of an Entire Document

The easiest way to get the word count of your entire Word document is to simply check the status bar, as the word count is displayed by default. You can find the word count to the left of the status bar at the bottom of the window.

The word count in the status bar.

If you’re not seeing the word count in the status bar, it may have been previously disabled. You can bring the word count back by right-clicking any area of the status bar and then choosing “Word Count” from the context menu.

Alternatively, to get the word count, click the “Review” tab, and then choose “Word Count” in the Proofing group.

The Word Count dialog box will appear. You can find the word count next to Words.

The word count dialog.

Get the Word Count of a Specific Section of a Document

You can also get the word count of a specific section in a Word document. This is useful if you need to keep the entire word document within a certain word count but you feel you’re being too wordy in a specific section.

All you need to do is highlight the section of the document you want to get the word count of by clicking and dragging your mouse over the text. Once highlighted, the selected word count will appear in the status bar in an x of y format–x being the selected word count and y being the total word count of the document.

Word count of a specific section in the status bar.

Or, highlight the text you want to get the word count of, click “Word Count” in the “Review” tab, and then check the number next to Words in the dialog box.

Selected word count.

How to Check the Word Count in Microsoft Word for Mac

You can also get the word count of an entire Word document (or just a specific section) on Mac. The process is similar to that of Windows.

Get the Word Count of an Entire Document

To get the word count of your entire Word doc, just check the word count to the left of the status bar at the bottom of the window. The word count feature is added here by default.

Full word count in status bar.

If you don’t see the word count, it may have been previously disabled. You can bring it back by right-clicking anywhere on the status bar and then selecting “Word Count” from the context menu that appears.

You can also get the word count of the document by clicking “Tools” in the header menu and then choosing “Word Count.”

The word count is displayed next to Words.

Full word count in Mac's Word Count dialog.

Get the Word Count of a Specific Section of a Document

You can also get the word count of a specific section. To do this, highlight the text you want to get the word count of by clicking and dragging your cursor over the text. Once selected, check the word count in the status bar. The first number represents the selected word count.

Specific word count in status bar.

Or, open the Word Count dialog box (Tools > Word Count) and then check the number next to Words.

Selected word count in Word Count dialog on Mac.

Getting the word count isn’t the only feature available in Word. You can also get the page, character, paragraph, and line count, and see how long you’ve been working on a document. If you want, you can even insert the word count of your document into the document itself!

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What is Word Counter?

A word counter is a tool that helps you count the number of words and characters in a document. The tool also works as a sentence counter and calculates the number of sentences, phrases, and paragraphs in a document as well. For those of you concerned about the reading or speaking time for the text you’re working on, the tool will also offer you that. It is also capable of calculating the frequency of a particular word in a document. For example, the frequency of the word ‘word’ in this document is 8.8%.

Online Word Counter vs. Word Processors

The job of an online word counter is similar to that of a word processor. However, word processors are great for writing your articles but do not provide adequate measures to optimize your writing. Word counter has a word frequency counter that helps you measure your article’s primary keywords and how to use them better. It also has a sentence counter that lets you understand whether your piece has the right number of sentences for its length. 

For example, if a 1000-word article doesn’t have a lot of sentences, it means that the reading can be very complicated and hard for the audience to understand. 

Word Count in Word and Office Suite

The word count offered by Word and Office Suite counts the number of words in your document. It also counts pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters. This essay word counter offered by Word checks the document thoroughly and gives you the number of characters with and without spaces as well. You can check the number of words in your essay on the status bar of your document. 

However, the status bar shows the number of words in the entire document. To check the number of words in some lines or paragraphs, you can select them and check the status bar. If you click on the status bar, you will also get information about the lines, paragraphs, and characters. 

Word Count in PDF Document

Unlike Word or Office Suite, a PDF document doesn’t display the number of words in the status bar. It also doesn’t have a menu that lets you see the word count in the file. Therefore, one of the options is to convert the file into a Rich Text Format (RTF) and then count its words. Another option is to upload the file onto an online word count calculator and calculate the number of words in the document. 

Word Count in Google Docs

Google Docs also doesn’t have a status bar that shows the number of words in the document. However, you can click on the Tools tab in the Menu bar, under which you will find the word count option. It also allows you to choose the option to show word count all the time while you’re writing your article. Unlike the word count checker tool, Google Docs only counts the number of pages, words, characters, and characters without spaces in the document. It doesn’t tell you about the word frequency or the number of sentences. 

How to Use the Word Count Tool — Step by Step Guide

The word count tool is an easy online helper that helps you check the number of words in your document and the frequency of specific keywords in them. Here’s how you can use the Word Count Tool online. 

  1. Open the webpage of the online word count tool.
  2. The page has a text box where you can start typing your essay or paste the text from a document on your computer. 
  3. Once you have pasted the content or have typed it up, the number of words and characters would be displayed near the text box. 
  4. You will also get the frequency of all the words in your document to see if you need to make any changes to it. You will also be able to check the number of sentences, paragraphs, and pages in the document.
  5. Finally, you can export the list of the words in .txt or.csv format.
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  • 1 How to Check the Word Count for an Entire Document in Microsoft Word
  • 2 How to Find the Word Count for a Specific Paragraph in Microsoft Word
  • 3 How to Count Characters and Words on Word Online
  • 4 How to do a Word Count in Word Online for a Specific Paragraph
  • 5 Extra: How to Add Page Numbers in Word
  • 6 Extra: How to Add Line Numbers in Microsoft Word

Knowing the word count is important for almost every form of writing, whether it’s a novel, advertisement, or homework assignment. We’re going to show you how to check the Word count and character count in Microsoft Word using its built-in tools.

Checking word count in Word is easy

Before we start, we should make it clear that there are several ways to do a word count in Word, and we won’t be covering all of them. Instead, we’ll be prioritizing the methods that give you the most information and flexibility.

As well as showing you how to see the word count on Word for the entire document, we’ll cover counting specific paragraphs. We’ll also walk you through the same functions on Microsoft’s free Word Online tool, which you can access via your browser. Let’s get started:

How to Check the Word Count for an Entire Document in Microsoft Word

If you just want a simple Word count, you don’t need look any further than the “x words” counter at the bottom left of your Word document. If you need more information, however, such as the Word character count, number of paragraphs, and lines, follow along below:

  1. Open the “Review” tab of your ribbon and press “Word Count” on the left-hand side

    Word should present you with the following statistics:

    – Pages
    – Words
    – Characters (no spaces)
    – Characters (with spaces)
    – Paragraphs
    – Lines

    You can exit the Word count screen once you’ve read the information by pressing the “Close” button or the “x” in its top-right corner.

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  2. OR: Open the word counter by pressing the “x words” button in the bottom left of your document

    That’s right – as well as showing your Microsoft Word word count in real-time, this widget gives you quick access to supplementary character count and paragraph information.

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How to Find the Word Count for a Specific Paragraph in Microsoft Word

Knowing the word count or character count for an entire document is useful, but sometimes you need to get more specific. Different parts of your text may have different requirements or you might want to see if a paragraph or sentence is too long.

Here’s how to count words or characters in Word for a certain bit of text:

  1. Select the text, open the “Review” tab of the ribbon, and press “Word Count” on the left

    The Microsoft Word word count dialog will pop up with all of the information you need to know.

    Windows 11 - Word - Select Paragraph - Review - Word Count - Result

  2. OR: Select the text and press the “x of x words” counter in the bottom left of your document

    The same Word Count pop-up will surface, showing you the word count, character count, line count, and more. Press “Close” to get rid of it when you’re done.

    Windows 11 - Word - Select Paragraph - Word Count - Result

How to Count Characters and Words on Word Online

If you use Microsoft Word Online, the process to count words and characters is very similar to above, with some minor UI changes. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Go to Office Online and open your Word document

    You can open Office Online by clicking on this link. You’ll have to log in with your Microsoft account if you haven’t already.

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  2. Open the “Review” tab of your ribbon and press “Word Count” on the left-hand side

    The word counter will appear with your word, character, and paragraph count. You’ll notice that some information is missing when compared to Word’s desktop app. This includes the line count and page count.

    Windows 11 - Office.com - Doc - Review - Word Count - Result

  3. Or: press the “x words” widget in the bottom left of your browser window

    This will display the exact same information, but is slightly quicker to do.

    Windows 11 - Office.com - Doc - Word Count - Result

How to do a Word Count in Word Online for a Specific Paragraph

If you need to see the word count or character count for a specific paragraph, the process is pretty much the same. Just select the text you want to count first:

  1. Select the text, open the “Review” tab, and press “Word Count”

    Windows 11 - Office.com - Doc - Select Section - Review - Word Count - Result

  2. OR: Select the text and press the “x of x words” button in the bottom-left of your window

    Windows 11 - Office.com - Doc - Select Section - Word Count - Result

Now that you know how to count characters, words, and pages in Word, you may want to display some of that information to your readers. Our existing tutorial on how to add page numbers in Word will grant you an automatically updating page number at the bottom of all your pages.

If you want to take it a step further, you can also follow our tutorial on how to add line numbers in Word. Don’t worry, we’ll also show you how to remove them if you don’t like them.

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Get an accurate character count and word count in Microsoft Word

Updated on October 4, 2019

When you work on blog posts, technical manuals, academic papers, and other documents, you may need to know how many words are in the document or the number of characters in the title. Microsoft Word contains multiple ways to get an accurate count of the number of words or characters in a document. Word also calculates the number of words or characters in selected blocks of text.

Instructions in this article apply to Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, Word 2010, and Word Online.

How to Display Word Count in Microsoft Word

To turn on the word count in Word:

  1. Open Word.

  2. Right-click the Status bar at the bottom of the window.

  3. Select Word Count.

  4. The word count for the entire document displays in the Status bar.

    In Word Online, if the word count doesn’t display at the bottom of the window, select Edit Document and choose Edit in Word for the web.

  5. To display the word count for a particular selection, highlight the text you want to count.

How to Get Detailed Information on Word Count

To view more detailed information about the word count:

  1. Open the Word document.

  2. Go to the Review tab.

  3. In the Proofing group, choose Word Count.

  4. The Word Count dialog box lists the number of pages, word count, character count, paragraph count, and line count. You can opt not to include text boxes, footnotes, and endnotes.

How to View Word Count in Microsoft Word With a Shortcut

To use a keyboard shortcut to view the word count and other information:

  1. Open the Word document.

  2. Press Ctrl+Shift+G.

  3. In the Word Count dialog box, clear the Include text boxes, footnotes and endnotes checkbox if you don’t want to include these in the word count.

  4. Select Close when you’re finished.

In Word for Mac, to count part of the words in a document, select the text you want to count, go to the Tools menu, then select Word Count.

How to Show the Word Count in a Field

Another way to display the word count of a document in Word is to add a field to the document.

To display the word count in a field:

  1. Place the cursor where you want the word count to appear.

  2. Go to the Insert tab.

  3. In the Text group, select Quick Parts, then choose Field.

  4. In the Field names list, choose NumWords, then select OK.

  5. Right-click the field and select Update Field to update the word count.

Word updates the word count automatically when you print the file. Select File > Options > Display, then go to the Printing options section and select Update fields before printing.

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After working on your assignment on Microsoft Word, it’s time to check your word count. So, where is the word count, that you can always count on (pun intended)?

Microsoft Word is an offline word processor developed by Microsoft, and it is one of the most popular word processors in the world. Microsoft Word may have released many different versions, but one thing that definitely did not change, is their word count feature.

Finding The Word Counter

1. Word Count On The Status Bar

For a fast check, you can find the word count on the status bar at the bottom left corner of your window. On the bottom left corner, you’ll first find the page counter, followed by the word counter on its right.

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If you don’t see it, simply right-click anywhere on the status bar, and select Word Count among the feature list. The word count should appear in your status bar.

2. Word Count In The Menu Bar

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For a more detailed information on your word count, character count, paragraphs and lines, here are the steps to find the word counter in the menu bar, whether you’re using a Mac, PC or desktop:

  1. Open your document in Microsoft Word.
  2. On the top of your screen, click on the tab ‘Tools‘.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on ‘Word count‘.
  4. You will see the number of pages in your document, number of words, number of characters (including and excluding spaces), number of paragraphs and number of lines in a pop-up table.
  5. Click the blue ‘OK’ button on the bottom right to close the word count table.

Note that you have the option to choose whether to include the footnotes and endnotes in your word count, simply check the box next to it to include them, or uncheck the box to exclude them.

3. Word Count In The Ribbon Tabs

Another way to find the detailed word count, is through the ribbon tabs you see on the top of your document.

  1. In the Ribbon tabs row, click on ‘Review’.
  2. Select the box showing ‘Word Count’.
  3. You will see the number of pages in your document, number of words, number of characters (including and excluding spaces), number of paragraphs and number of lines in a pop-up table.
  4. Click the blue ‘OK’ button on the bottom right to close the word count table.

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Word Count For Selected Text

You can also find the number of words and characters for selected portion of your document.

Simply highlight the portion of the text you would like to find the number of words, and refer to the word count in the status bar. The word count will show the number of words in the selected text with respect to the number of words in the whole document. For example, 184/700 means there are 184 words in your selected text, out of the 700 words of your entire document.

Inserting The Word Count In Your Document

For times when you need to insert the final word count in your document as a requirement, here’s how you can do it:

  1. Click the position where you want your word count to go.
  2. In the Ribbon tabs row, click on ‘Insert’.
  3. Click on ‘Field’.
  4. Under ‘Categories’, choose ‘Document Information’.
  5. Under ‘Field names’, choose ‘NumWords’, and click ‘OK’.
  6. The word count should appear at where your cursor is at.

Note that the word count does not update automatically if you continue to work on your document. To update the word count, simply right-click on the word count and click ‘Update field’ from the drop-down menu.

You can also check out our guide on where to find the word count on Google Docs. Or you can use the free online word counter tool to check the word count in your document. Just count on us!

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What Is Meant by Word Count?

The term word count means the number of words contained within a document or passage of text. Checking your word count can ensure your text reaches or stays within a certain limit.

There are lots of reasons why a word count may be required for a passage of text, including readability and reliability reasons. Different word counts may be set depending on the audience of the text, its purpose, or both.

For example, a word count for a college essay may be set at 10,000 words to ensure the text contains significant research and is considered a reliable, in-depth paper. Whereas a journalist may have a 1,000-word count target to ensure the text is a short, easy-to-read summary for their target audience.

Professionals, students, authors, journalists, or anyone that needs to write a passage of text will usually find it important to know the word count.

How to Check Word Count

There are numerous ways you can check your word count. You can use Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or an online Word Counter Tool.

How to check word count using Microsoft Word

To check your word count using Microsoft Word, you can:

  1. Select the text you want to check
  2. You’ll find the word count in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen

How to check word count using Google Docs

To check your word count using Google Docs, you can:

  1. Select Tools
  2. Select Word Count
  3. View your word count

What Is the Word Counter Tool?

The Word Counter Tool is an online website that tells you the word count of a passage of text. The tool instantly counts the number of words and shows you the results. It can be used to make sure your text is of a certain length.

The Word Counter Tool can be used on a computer, laptop, or mobile device.

How Does the Word Counter Work?

The Word Counter Tool works by calculating the total number of words contained within a passage of text in real time.

It will count the words as you write, or it will show you the total number of words within text that you have copied and pasted into the box.

Using the tool, you can check the following information:

  • Word count
  • Unique word count
  • Character count (with and without spaces)
  • Sentence count
  • Paragraph count
  • Reading time

The Word Counter Tool is especially helpful if you are working on a mobile device and need to quickly check your word count.

How to Use the Word Counter

It’s easy to check your word count using the Word Counter.

To use the tool, simply:

  1. Start typing or copy and paste your text into the box
  2. Check your word count
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