This section of my document can’t be more than a third of the total document length. I don’t want to include my document’s footnotes in my total word count, so I’ll uncheck this box. If you don’t see the word count in your document, right-click anywhere on the status bar to bring up this menu, and then click Word Count.Īs I type, or remove text in my document, the Word Count updates automatically.Īnd if I click the Word Count in the status bar, a box appears giving me even more detail, including the number of characters and the number of lines that my document contains. Luckily, Word 2013 provides a few handy word counting features that will help me keep below my word limit.Īs I work on my document, I can keep an eye on my word count on the status bar, down in the lower left corner of the Word window. I am working on a Word document for a school assignment, and I don’t need to write more than 1,000 words.
