Microsoft Word help?

Question

Is there any tool to count the number of words in a text without doing it manually?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Go to File, Properties, Statistics.
It has the word count there, among other things.

Tools, Word Count does the same thing, as well. If you have a section highlighted, you get the Word Count for just the highlighted area. Pretty handy.

Answer 2

On the Tools menu, click Word Count.
The results of everything Microsoft Word counts are displayed in the Word Count dialogueue box.

Click Show Toolbar if you want to recount as you make revisions without reopening the dialog box.
The Word Count toolbar will open in your document.

If you want to include footnotes and end notes in the count, select the Include footnotes and end notes check box
If you count part of a document rather than the whole, Word counts the footnotes or end notes that refer to the selected text.

Word recounts when you select or clear the check box.

If you display the Word Count toolbar, you can click Recount at any time, or press ALT+C.
You can also view the number of words and lines in a document by clicking Properties on the File menu, and then clicking the Statistics tab.

Answer 3

Pick "Word Count" from the Tools menu