Q: Count characters in Word for Mac

If you select the text you want a count of (or if you want the entire document, you can just leave nothing selected) and then go to the Tools menu and select Word Count you will get a dialog that includes the character count.

I am using Word 2011, other versions may vary.

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I dont know if I am doing this right, first time here. I am filling out a application on line and decided to google about word counting and some how I arrived here. in your thread you mention tools and I can't find it on my Mac. Could you please re post your answer on word count and how to get to tools? Thank you very much in Advance.

Joe

Lake Katrine, N.Y.

Lakekatrine wrote:

 

in your thread you mention tools and I can't find it on my Mac.

This thread is about the MS app called WORD for Mac.    It’s not something you normally use on line.   What exactly are you typing into?

In any case, if you do have Word installed on your Mac, you can copy/paste your text into a blank doc and then get the word count via that app’s Tools menu.

The same thing can be done in the Apple app Pages:

Pages for Mac: Show word count and other document statistics