Word Count

[klingstin]

Hi,

How do you setup word count to be included in the Header and footer for a
Word document using Office 2007?

I'm a student and need this facility for my college assignmets and shortly
for University.

Thanks

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

The word count field in Word displays the total number of words in the
document. What would be the point of repeating this information in both
the header AND footer of EVERY page in the document?

 

[klingstin]

Dear Garfield,

I am persuming you may not be aware of some college courses here in the Uk
require this facility to be done so that the tutors know how many words we
have placed into our assignments as our assignments are character and word
specified. Also we are required on some courses to do a set number of words
for a disatation to attain higher levels withing our qualification. It is not
just within the ICT qualifactions offered within the Uk it is also the same
within Science qualifcations as my daughter has the same problem and when
pieces of external assignments require this from the awarding authority it
can cause slight discrepancies and can also loose you your unit if it is
stated as a requirement.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Klingstin,

Interesting. Are the folks reviewing these documents doing so from paper or from in Word?

While you can put a Word count field value into the header and footer

Insert=>QuickParts=>Field=>DocProperty=>Words
(same can be done forcharacter count)

of a document to show a count you'll note that as a field in the header or footer, it isn't continually updated as you type.
Also, an not to infer that you would <g> there isn't anything to stop someone from simply typing in a number of choice in the header
footer, (i.e. it's not as reliable a someone running Word count on a document.

In Word 2007 word-count continually updates on the status bar at the bottom of the screen [right click on the status bar if a Word
count isn't visible) and you can double click it on the status bar to get the current 'statistics' for a document. [Note that there
are some fonts that 'look' to they eye to be text characters but to Word would not be seen as Words, just symbols].

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Dear Garfield,

I am persuming you may not be aware of some college courses here in the Uk require this facility to be done so that the tutors know
how many words we have placed into our assignments as our assignments are character and word specified. Also we are required on some
courses to do a set number of words for a disatation to attain higher levels withing our qualification. It is not just within the
ICT qualifactions offered within the Uk it is also the same within Science qualifcations as my daughter has the same problem and
when pieces of external assignments require this from the awarding authority it can cause slight discrepancies and can also loose
you your unit if it is stated as a requirement. >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

I don't doubt that you may be required to put the total word count ONCE
somewhere in the document (usually the first page or last page). But
I've never seen a requirement to put the total word count at the top AND
bottom of EVERY page in the document, which is what could happen if you
include the word count field in the header and footer. But then I've
never attended a college where words such as persuming, disatation,
withing, qualifactions, qualifcations, and loose are considered correct.
And I don't want to belabor the question of which of us does not
understand the requirement. To answer your question regarding how to
"setup word count to be included in the Header and footer for a Word
document using Office 2007":

Click where you want the word count to appear. Click on Insert |
QuickParts | Field | Field names: NumWords | OK. The field will not
automatically update as you add words to the document, but will be
updated when you open the document or when you click on Print Preview or
when you select the field and press F9.

 

[klingstin]

Hi garfield-n-odie,

Thats exactly what I require. Its just no one at college, including tutors,
had any idea on how to insert word count in Office 2007 created documents.

So thanks for your info and I'll pass it on to my fellow students who have
office 2007 and tutors alike.

So thanks agian for your assistance.