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

Often one must know how many lines or words are 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 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.

David Kirk
David Kirk
David Kirk is one of the original founders of tech-recipes and is currently serving as editor-in-chief. Not only has he been crafting tutorials for over ten years, but in his other life he also enjoys taking care of critically ill patients as an ICU physician.
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