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When composing a Word document, users often overlook the word count, character count, line count, or page count. However, many work situations and tasks require limiting the number of words, leaving you feeling lost in counting characters. Nevertheless, few are aware that Word provides an incredibly efficient 2-in-1 character counting tool that you can utilize to check the number of characters written.
In this article, Mytour will guide you on how to count characters, lines, and pages in a Word document using the built-in character counting tool.
Guide to Counting Characters, Lines, and Pages in Microsoft Word
How to Count Characters, Lines, and Pages in Word 2003
Step 1: Select the text you want to count characters for.
Step 2: Choose Tool and WordCount
Step 3: A dialog box displaying character information will appear.
In the character count dialog box, you will see the following items:
+ Page Count: Tally the number of pages.
+ Word Count: Count the number of words, characters in the document.
+ Character Count (excluding spaces): Count characters excluding spaces.
+ Character Count (including spaces): Total characters including spaces.
+ Paragraph Count: Count the number of paragraphs within the document.
+ Line Count: Count the number of lines in the document.
As depicted in the illustration above, Word 2003 has tallied a total of 550 characters. Conversely, the character count without spaces yields 468, a detail crucial for avoiding confusion in interpretations.
How to Count Characters, Lines, and Pages in Word 2007
Step 1: Begin by highlighting the text you wish to count characters for.
Step 2: Direct your attention to the bottom left corner where you'll find the Words counter. Double-clicking on it will prompt a dialog box displaying the enumerated character count.
+ Page Count: Tally the number of pages.
+ Word Count: Determine the total number of words in the document.
+ Character Count (excluding spaces): Calculate the number of characters excluding spaces.
+ Character Count (including spaces): Calculate the total number of characters including spaces.
+ Paragraph Count: Determine the number of paragraphs in the document.
+ Line Count: Count the number of lines in the document.
How to Count Characters in Word 2010, 2013, 2016
Step 1: Highlight the text you want to check the character count for. Alternatively, if no text is highlighted, Word will automatically count the characters for the entire document. You can press Ctrl + A to select the entire document if needed. The image illustrates the steps for counting characters in Word 2016.
Step 2: Navigate to the status bar located at the bottom of the Word screen. Double-click on this bar to open the Word Count dialog box.
The information displayed is similar to checking character count in Word 2003 and 2007.
For counting characters in Word 2010, 2013, or the latest 2016 version, you can still apply similar methods as with Word 2007. Importantly, the parameters displayed for each character count method remain virtually unchanged across versions.
Here, we've guided you through counting characters, words, or paragraphs in a Word document with simple steps. This allows you to precisely quantify the number of characters, words on a document page to meet the requirements and tasks when typing text.
