Word Count Macro

[Laszlo Tetmajer]

Hello,
I have been looking for a macro to get word count and keep a constant
display of it somehow. The Word Processor in use is Microsoft Word.
I am a programmer, so I would be able to program it myself if given proper
direction. I am new to the language and haven't gotten the functions down
quite yet.

Thank you for any help at all,
Rory Brown
ltet...@in-tch.com

[Graham Mayor]

Have you thought about using a NUMWORDS field in the last page footer?

{IF {PAGE}={NUMPAGES} "{NUMWORDS}"""}

It will not update constantly, but can simply be updated as required.

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"Laszlo Tetmajer" <ltet...@in-tch.com> wrote in message
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[Laszlo Tetmajer]

I'm afraid I couldn't get that to work well. The variables are completely
blank when I try to use them. They have no numbers in them. Perhaps if I
had the variable of the number of words counted by Word in a document then I
could use this to display the info.

Thanks,
Rory Brown

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

They're not variables, they're fields. You have to insert each one by
pressing Ctrl+F9 to get the field delimiters (the things that look like
braces), then type the field names between them. Then F9 to update them. In
fact, the syntax can be expressed more simply thus:

{ IF { PAGE } = { NUMPAGES } { NUMWORDS } }

because fields don't have to be put in quotes and the FalseText doesn't have
to be explicitly stated when there is none.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

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[Charles Kenyon]

Keep in mind that Word's Word Count does not include words in footnotes or
endnotes. (Word 97)

See <URL: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/4/23.ASP>
and <URL: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q241/3/16.ASP>.
This second link gives a macro for giving the word count of a selection. It
may be a good starting place for you.

Hope this helps,
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