Do tables count in word count

Jeff wanted to know how to find out how many rows he had in a very long table in his Word document. Word Count doesn’t tell you — it tells you how many lines in the document, but each cell (except one) in a table is treated as a ‘line’ for Word Count purposes.

You can find out how many rows (and/or columns) there are in an individual table by checking the table properties. Here’s how:

1. Select the entire table. This selects all rows and columns.
2. Right-click on the selected table and select Table Properties from the shortcut menu.
   
3. Click on the Row tab — the number of rows selected is listed at the top of the dialog box.
   
4. Click on the Column tab — the number of columns selected is listed at the top of the dialog box.
   
5. Click Cancel to close the Table Properties dialog box.

NOTE 1: If you now select another table to check its number of rows and columns, you may find that when the Table Dialog box opens to the last-viewed tab (Row or Columns), no numbers are displayed. Just go back to the Table tab, then click the Row or Column tab again and the number should display. If it doesn’t, save and close the document, then close Word. Reopen the document and try it again (see my comment dated 17 December 2022).

NOTE 2: Merged cells are mostly treated as though the rows and columns existed as they did when the table was first created. However, if you’ve merged all the cells from several adjacent rows, the row count will reduce.

/VBA Tips /How to Count Number of Rows in a Word Table?

1. Dec 11th, 2008, 08:42 PM

   
   

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   [RESOLVED] Word: How to count number of tables in Word Document?
   

   I am opening tables from Word and extracting data. The only trouble I am having is that I do not have the same number of tables every time I run the program.

   How do I detect the number of tables that are in the document that I just opened?

   I did a search and found this-
   http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p…=detect+tables

   which led me to this code (Tables is supposed to be 2 but when I run it its only 1).

   Dim T as Table
   Dim i as Integer
   Dim Tables as Integer

   For Each T In wdDoc.Tables
   i = i + 1
   Exit For
   Next
   Tables = i

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2. Dec 11th, 2008, 08:46 PM

   
   

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   Re: Word: How to count number of tables in Word Document?
   

   OK, this works but I don’t know why-

   For Each T In wdDoc.Tables
   i = i + 1
   Next
   Tables = i

   I deleted the «end for». What does that do?

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3. Dec 11th, 2008, 08:48 PM

   
   

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   It spits you right out of the For loop, so you would have only counted 1 table each time. An easier way to get the tables would be to use wdDoc.Tables.Count.

   Code:

   Tables = wdDoc.Tables.Count

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4. Dec 11th, 2008, 11:37 PM

   
   

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   Re: Word: How to count number of tables in Word Document?
   

   Thanks, I knew there was something like that aviable to me, but I cannot find the list of functions/attributes, etc… Not like the old days when you just had 1 manual.

   Is there a reference guide for Excel and Word that lists everything? Or just the MSft website?

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5. Dec 12th, 2008, 08:15 AM

   
   

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   You have Intellisense and the Word VBA manual. It’s better than you think. From the VB editor: Help->Contents, Help Pane->Microsoft Word Visual Basic Reference->Microsoft Word Object Model.

   You also have the object browser (F2).

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   Re: [RESOLVED] Word: How to count number of tables in Word Document?
   

   Ok, thank you. I’ll skim through those.

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7. Apr 18th, 2014, 11:08 PM

   
   

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   Re: [RESOLVED] Word: How to count number of tables in Word Document?
   

   Dear friends….

   i want to count the tables but between pages… for example how many tables are between page 1 and page 3?… how can i do it with VBA Word?….

   thanks for your answers…

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