Word Count – Word 2016
You can also change the way word reviews your document by clicking the File tab and
choose Options.
COUNT THE WORDS AS YOU TYPE
When you type in a document, Word automatically counts the number of pages and words in your document
and displays them on the status bar at the bottom of the workspace.
If you don't see the word count in the status bar right-click the status bar and click Word Count.
COUNT THE WORDS IN A SELECTION OR SELECTIONS
You can count the number of words in a selection or selections, rather than all of the words in a document.
The selections don't need to be next to each other for you to count them.
Select the text that you want to count.
The status bar displays the number of words in the selection. For example, 100/1440 means that the
selection accounts for 100 words of the total number of words in the document, 1,440.
TIP To select blocks of text that aren't next to each other, select the first section, and then hold down
CTRL and select additional sections.
COUNT THE WORDS IN A TEXT BOX
Select the text in the text box.
The status bar displays the number of words in the text box. For example, 100/1440 means that the
text box contains 100 words of the total number of words in the document, 1,440.
NOTE To count the words in multiple text boxes, press and hold CTRL while you select the text in each
text box that you want to count. The word count automatically adds the total number of selected words in
the text boxes.