Where is the word count tool?

It is in the status bar or under the review tab.
However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of the
page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be
helpful.

"abbyvfb" wrote:

> Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007?
> There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks!

The status bar in Word 2007 can't be turned off, so perhaps your Word window
is extending below the bottom of the screen? If it's in a restored (Normal)
window, what happens if you Maximize it?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Amanda" <Amanda.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A667B1F-0BDD-4D19-86B8-31497E64C110@microsoft.com...
> It is in the status bar or under the review tab.
> However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of
> the
> page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be
> helpful.
>
> "abbyvfb" wrote:
>
>> Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007?
>> There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!!
>> Thanks!
>

I too have had considerable difficulty using Word Count to find the count
for a selection. Two observations:

* It has trouble with any text that was input by a second user and which I
then accepted via track changes.

* It has trouble with citations linked to the reference list. This may
relate to the first point.

My work-around: after you select the relevant text, copy and paste it into a
new document. The resulting word count should be accurate. It worked for me.

MW Smith
Menlo Park, CA



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> The status bar in Word 2007 can't be turned off, so perhaps your Word window
> is extending below the bottom of the screen? If it's in a restored (Normal)
> window, what happens if you Maximize it?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Amanda" <Amanda.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A667B1F-0BDD-4D19-86B8-31497E64C110@microsoft.com...
> > It is in the status bar or under the review tab.
> > However i need help reenabling my status bar. I had it at the bottom of
> > the
> > page and it disappeared. If someone knows how to get it back that would be
> > helpful.
> >
> > "abbyvfb" wrote:
> >
> >> Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007?
> >> There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!!
> >> Thanks!
> >
>
>

I know where it is - but how do I insert the [WORD COUNT: 250] on my typed
document?

"Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You'll find the Word Count function under the "Review" tab (under "Set
> Language"). I hope it helps,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
>
> "abbyvfb" wrote:
>
> > Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word 2007?
> > There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this desperately!! Thanks!

You could insert a DocProperty field
{ DOCPROPERTY Words }
But the field itself will add 1 to the word count and the use of 'Words: '
would add another, so if you did not wish to include the field in and its
associated text in the count, you could insert a combination of fields eg
{ ={ DOCPROPERTY Words } - 1 \# "'Words: '0" }
You can save this as an autotext or formatted autocorrect entry (for say
#wc) for ease of reinsertion, but always update the field after insertion.
Or you could insert the word count with a macro.

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Hope wrote:
> I know where it is - but how do I insert the [WORD COUNT: 250] on my
> typed document?
>
> "Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You'll find the Word Count function under the "Review" tab (under
>> "Set Language"). I hope it helps,
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
>>
>> "abbyvfb" wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone please help! Where is the word count function in Word
>>> 2007? There's no tool menu like there used to be. I need this
>>> desperately!! Thanks!

I found this training document very helpful. You find the feature you are
used to in 2003 and it tells you where to find the same feature in 2007.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx


"Frank.Appelgate" wrote:

> Where do I contact MSFT? These blogs did not help me. I still can not find
> the word counter for word 2007
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
> > Note that the people answering questions here do not work for Microsoft. And
> > providing details is necessary, because, as you pointed out, no one here is
> > a mind-reader.
> >
> > --
> > Stefan Blom
> > Microsoft Word MVP
> >
> >
> > "Older Than You" <Older Than You DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:46368808-C17C-4EFE-975D-198173BEFF88@microsoft.com...
> > > Oh great, I guess we are supposed to be mind-readers and just know all
> > > this.
> > >
> > > "Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?"
> > > Isn't MS supposed to be telling US where these behaviors are? Didn't
> > > someone test this before releasing it? Why to users have to point out
> > > the
> > > problems?
> > >
> > > But I guess if there is no regard for the amount of lost productivity
> > > caused
> > > by someone in MS not having anything better to do than completely change
> > > the
> > > UI, there certainly is no interest in telling customers how the new UI
> > > actually works (when it does).
> > >
> > > ===
> > >
> > > "Bob Buckland ?" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Digitig,
> > >>
> > >> Could you provide some steps to reproduce the behavior?
> > >>
> > >> Is this typed text, or text pasted from a non-Word document pasted in?
> > >>
> > >> What font are you using and what view are you working in.
> > >>
> > >> Generally, the type of behavior you mentioned can occur if the font is a
> > >> symbol font (even if the 'symbols' look 'letterlike') as
> > >> Word then doesn't see 'words' just characters, but clicking on the
> > >> Wordcount item on the Word 2007 status bar at the bottom of the
> > >> screen should bring up the count dialog and a character count that does
> > >> 'see' these characters but the Word count may not appear
> > >> correctly.
> > >>
> > >> ============
> > >> <<"digitig" <digitig DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:ADC8A494-01E4-43FA-8E7C-1E356D52E1F6@microsoft.com...
> > >> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Live word count is on the status bar.
> > >>
> > >> But only sometimes updates. Specifically, if you select part of a text
> > >> the
> > >> live word count /should/ show the number of words in the selected portion
> > >> before the number of words in the whole text. Sometimes it does, and
> > >> that's
> > >> great. Sometimes it doesn't, which sucks. In my latest college assignment
> > >> there are blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word
> > >> count will show the word count for the selection. There there are other
> > >> blocks of plain text for which, if I select them, the live word count
> > >> will
> > >> continue to display only the total for the document and I have to go to
> > >> the
> > >> word count button on the review tab to get the count.
> > >>
> > >> So I'm afraid I'm at least partly with "Joe in Durango, CO". Word count
> > >> in
> > >> the status bar would be a great feature if it worked consistently. It
> > >> doesn't, so it's a real nuisance that the version that /does/ work is so
> > >> hard
> > >> to find. <<
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Bob Buckland ?
> > >> MS Office System Products MVP
> > >>
> > >> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >