Word includes a tool to view statistics on the document that is being written or that has been opened, to know the number of pages, words, characters, paragraphs and lines in the written text. This is useful if you have obligations to respect length limits for a document or article.
To view these statistics, open the document in question with Microsoft Word and click on the Review tab.
In the " spelling checker " section, you will find the " Word count ".
This button is also present in Word 2010 Starter under the Home tab.
The " Word Count " opens a popup with the number of pages, words, characters with or without spaces, lines and paqaragrafi written.
Note that the number of pages and words written on the document is also visible in the small bottom part of the Word window .
The number of pages is visible on the status bar at the bottom when viewing the document in " Print Layout " or " Draft " mode (using the " View " tab).
If the number of pages and words is not displayed on the status bar, right click on the status bar and select the items you want to see from the pop-up menu.
From here you can also view the number of the row where the cursor is located.
If you do not have Microsoft Word, you can view the statistics of a document even with the free program LibreOffice Writer .
Here too the word and page count is visible at the bottom of the status bar, even with the number of characters.
To see more statistics just open the Tools menu and then Word Count .
The number of lines and pages can vary depending on several factors, such as, for example, the margins of the document, the font size and the spacing of the paragraphs.
For example, if you use a smaller font, there will be fewer lines and pages in the document.
The printer may also change the rendering of the font, changing the number of lines and pages of the document after printing it.
It is also important to be careful of hidden text in Word which can affect the number of lines in the Word Count .
Hidden text is considered in the count if it is selected for printing.
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