WD: Word Count Doesn't Count Words in Text Boxes (164956)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q164956 SYMPTOMS
When you use the Word Count feature, Word does not count words that are
typed in a text box.
WORKAROUNDTo Count the Number of Words in a Text Box- Click the text box so the text box handles are visible.
- On the Tools menu, click Word Count.
NOTE: Word will count only the words contained in the selected text box.
To Count the Number of Words in Linked Text Boxes (Word 97 Only)- Click the last text box in the chain so that the text box handles are
visible.
Do not include any of the other text boxes in the linked chain (include
only the last one).
- On the Tools menu, click Word Count.
NOTE: Word will count only the words contained in the selected text box
chain. To select the text box chain, click the last text box in that chain.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
The Word Count feature displays the number of pages, words, characters,
paragraphs, and lines contained in the text layer, including frames, of the
active document. 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.
Word Count does not count the number of pages, words, characters,
paragraphs, and lines contained in text boxes (see the workaround),
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, or comments.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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