Word: Counting Characters, Lines, Pages, and Words Within a Document

Contributed by davak January 25, 2004  
Tagged: Microsoft Word

Often one must know how many lines or words within a document. Here’s the easy way to find out.

If you need to know how many characters, lines, pages, or words your document contains, you are only ever a few clicks away.

1. Click the Tools Menu
2. Click Word Count

If you need to continue to check word counts frequently, you can select show toolbar from the displayed word count menu to make this even easier. This floating toolbar will recount your words whenever you click on the recount button.