First, you will need to place the mouse cursor on the section of the document where you want the word count to appear. After that, click on the “Insert” tab at the top of Microsoft Word, and then ...

As one would expect, Microsoft Word includes a feature to count the words in a document; it also includes the ability to count the characters. Knowing the character count of a document is important ...

One of Microsoft Word’s more useful features is a live word count (shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window). When you’re editing a document, this word count shows you exactly where you are ...

I enjoy writing projects in which I don't need to worry about the word count -- I can write as much or as little as I like. More often than not, though, I need to write to a specific word count. And ...