Note that screenshots in this article are from Word 365 but are very similar in Word 2013, 20. Check out the article 14+ Word Selection Shortcuts to Quickly Select Text.

There are many other great ways to quickly select text in Word. If you want to select non-adjacent or non-contiguous sections of text, press Ctrl and drag over areas of text. You can also triple-click in a paragraph or click at the beginning of a selection and Shift-click at the end of a selection. To select the entire document, press Ctrl + A (although total count appears if you simply click in text). Recommended article: How to Quickly Remove Hard Returns in Word Documentsĭo you want to learn more about Microsoft Word? Check out our virtual classroom or in-person Word courses > The dialog box displays counts for the current selection. The Word Count dialog box shows the number of pages, words, characters (with and without spaces), paragraphs and lines in your document. Word count and other statistics are also available in Word Properties. In addition to word count, you can check a document for the number of characters, lines, paragraphs and pages.

Although word count is typically displayed in the Status Bar, you can view a Word Count dialog box which can be displayed using the Ribbon, the Status Bar or a keyboard shortcut. You can view word count in Word documents in several ways.

View Word Count in Microsoft Word Documentsīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 17, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Word ® 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows)

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