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.
Method 3. Launch the Microsoft Word mobile app. On your smartphone or tablet, tap on the Word app to launch it. 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. 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. Tap on "Home. This will open a pop-up menu. Tap on "Review. Tap on "Word Count. 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 "" 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. Method 4. Launch Word online. Navigate to office. 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.
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. Not Helpful 13 Helpful 7.
When I am in the header area, Word will not show me a word count. What can I do? Please note that these tabs will only be available if you have a Word document open. A dialog box titled Word Count Statistics will open and display the number of pages, words, characters no spaces , cahracters with spaces , paragraphs and lines in your document. At the very bottom you can check a box to include footnotes and endnotes in the word count.
If you don't want to include footnotes and endnotes in your word count then leave the box unchecked or uncheck it. Click on the Close button in order to close the box. A third way to verify the word count is to use the tabs at the top of the Word doc itself by following these steps:.
When you select the box, the Statistics box mentioned above will open and list pages, words, characters no spaces , characters with spaces , paragraphs and lines. You can also check or uncheck the box to include or exclude footnotes and endnotes from the word count. Click on the Close button to close the dialog box. To find out how many words are in a certain part of your text highlight the text you want to get a word count for by left clicking the mouse and dragging the cursor.
Luckily in Word , there is an option to add the word count to the status bar at the bottom. If you want, you can also add Word Count to your quick access toolbar by right-clicking on the icon in the Review tab and choosing Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
You have both options. On the home tab, at the very far right, click on Replace. And finally where is the developer tab for those of us who need it? For that, you need to click on File , Options and then click on Customize Ribbon. Under Main Tabs , you need to check the box next to Developer Tab. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback.
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