How to get a word count in TextEdit on the Mac?
how to find word count in text edit, not coming up on edit at the top of the screen
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It doesn't have that option. Use a more-powerful application, or copy the text to the clipboard, choose Utilities from the Finder's Go menu, open the Script Editor, and run:
count words of (the clipboard)
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