Word Count and Footnotes

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Stephen1965 Author

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Word Count and Footnotes

Hello,

I have looked at some of the posts on word count but I need to do a word count that automatically includes footnotes. MS Word supports this. Does Pages and, if so, how?

Many thanks.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 29, 2009 6:55 AM

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Answer 1

Stephen1965 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 8:04 AM in response to fruhulda

Thanks for the prompt reply. I should clarify:

The automatic word count does indeed include footnotes, but if you use the inspector and a selection of text there is no option to include a word count of any footnotes attached to that selection.

I need to be able to select sections of the document and get a word count that includes the footnotes that belong to that section.

Thanks again.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Sep 29, 2009 8:24 AM in response to Stephen1965

Stephen1965 wrote:
Thanks for the prompt reply. I should clarify:

The automatic word count does indeed include footnotes, but if you use the inspector and a selection of text there is no option to include a word count of any footnotes attached to that selection.

I need to be able to select sections of the document and get a word count that includes the footnotes that belong to that section.

Feature unavailable but available.

Select the block of text in the main text layer.
Grab the word count.
Select the footnotes.
Grab the word count.
Make an addition and you will know the wanted word count.

_Go to "Provide Pages Feedback" in the "Pages" menu_, describe what you wish.
Then, cross your fingers, and wait _at least_ for iWork'10 😉

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 29 septembre 2009 17:24:31

Thanks again.

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Stephen1965 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 8:38 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Hhmmm... Thanks for that 🙂

I am keeping a note of the word count of sections that I need to exclude from the final count, and using the total document word count. I've done some tests and it seems to be accurate. However, it shouldn't be necessary to do manual calculations.

I've submitted feedback as you suggested.

Thanks for the prompt response. I'll leave the thread unanswered for a bit just in case someone else out there can add something.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Sep 29, 2009 9:50 AM in response to Stephen1965

Stephen1965 wrote:
However, it shouldn't be necessary to do manual calculations.

Maybe, but at this time, the application behaves as it is designed to do and there is no provision to achieve your goal in a single task.

Updates like the one delivered today are designed to kill bugs, not to change or add features.

No hope for a best soluce until an upgrade 😟

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 29 septembre 2009 18:49:34

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fruhulda

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Sep 29, 2009 7:43 AM in response to Stephen1965

Yes it counts also the words in the footnote. How? I don't know. The app just counts the words.

Message was edited by: fruhulda

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Stephen1965 Author

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Sep 30, 2009 2:36 AM in response to Stephen1965

Just keeping a spreadsheet of word count to delete from the total.

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