Is there a word count on TextEdit for Macs?

Question

I have to write something for English class that has to be 250-300 words and I can't find a word count function for the Text Edit application on my Mac.

Answer 1

Hi,

TextEdit is a pretty basic word processor. Nothing fancy (aka bloatware). You can do it the old fashioned way.

Count the words in 3 average lines of your paper. Exclude articles such as "a" and "the." Take the lowest # of words and then multiply that by the count of the number of lines in your document.

-Jim