Thank you. Is there a way to accurately (m)

Posted By: MT on 2008-08-19
In Reply to: PractiCount - WAY better than Sylvan

count lines in Word without using a separate program? It will give you the line count, paragraph count, word count, etc. but are they accurate (don't seem to be quite)? Years ago when I worked in a facility, they told me to add three of those values (lines, characters, and something else) and divide by the characters per line. Just wondering if there's ANY way to get an accurate count w/o a paid counting program, just to get the count on some documents. Thank you!

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How do you count your lines? m - MT
- I use a program called The Abacus. - no message
  - Is it a program you have to purchase? nm - MT
    - Probably. I am an IC and my MTSO gave - see message
      - Did you use the word count (m) - MT
        I used character count, 65 characters. What I - see message
- PractiCount - WAY better than Sylvan
  - Thank you. Is there a way to accurately (m) - MT
    - In Word, take the character count (with spaces) divided by 65... SM - RockinMT
      - You set up that on your toolbar using Word? (m) - MT
        macro for line counter - TheMacroDiva
        character missing in macro I posted - TheMacroDiva
        it's not my fault, the darn quote mark just doesn't post for some reason. - TheMacroDiva
        Thanks MacroDiva - nice handy macro. (NM) - KJ
        Thank you for the help! nm - MT
        Sure... SM - RockinMT
        Thank you! That's pretty handy and saves time! nt - MT

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