If you’re working on a piece in Google Docs, you may need a word count to check just how long it is (or needs to be). Google Docs doesn’t make this obvious — there’s no native word counter or quick ...

Although Google Docs doesn’t show the number of words, characters, etc. by default, you can display word count in Google Docs using this simple method. There is an in-built option included in the ...

There are three ways to check your word count in Microsoft Word. You can find your word count in Microsoft Word at the bottom of the window, or by opening the "Review" menu. If you add word count to ...

Word Count is important. It lets us know if we are on a limit or on a writing spree. There will be many situations where we need to limit to a certain word count or reach a certain word count while ...

Google Docs is finally getting a feature that is already available in just about every other word processing application ever: real-time word counts. Yes, Google Docs already features a word count ...

Want a simple way to count characters, words, and paragraphs in any Mac program? Mac OS X Hints shares an Automator script that adds a right-click option to selected text so you can get a word count ...

TextEdit, the simple text editor program built into macOS (and Mac OS X before it), has many attractive qualities – so much so that this very article is currently being typed into it despite the ...

TextEdit is a nice, lightweight text editor, but in at least one sense it’s too lightweight: It doesn’t have a word-count feature. MacOSXHints.com reader mprussel figured out a solution: An ...

Ah, word counts, every writer's best frenemy. They're like Mondays — you can love or loathe 'em, but there's no escaping them. On some days, you might find yourself desperately stretching your ...

You can check the word count on Google Docs under the Tools section. On desktop, word count can be kept on the page at all times with the toggling of a checkbox. You can also check word count on ...

Staying under the prescribed word count can be a challenging task. For example, if you are writing a 500-word marketing pitch in Google Docs (you're probably using your sleek new Chromebook), the ...