Hi Word Count 1 Pages 94 Words 606 Characters (no spaces) 690 Characters (with spaces) 12 Paragraphs 17 Lines S, If you press alt>r>w in sequence you will get the word count. It is located on the review tab of the main menu. I just carried out that command in Word 2010 having pasted the content of your message into Word and here is the result Word Count 1 Pages 94 Words 606 Characters (no spaces) 690 Characters (with spaces) 12 Paragraphs 17 Lines S------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- I use the free version of Spam Reader to get rid of spam. The Professional version doesn't have this disclaimer in outgoing emails. Try Spam Reader (http://www.spam-reader.com) for free now! -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mairead O Mahony Sent: 18 March 2015 16:24 To: vip_students Subject: [vip_students] Word count office 2010 Hi all, I am righting a document which can only have 500 words in it. I am using office 2010 with Jaws and I am unable to find out how many words are in the document. I found word count in the review tab but when I went in to it I just got options such as footnote and close but nothing that gave me a word count. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mairead =========================================================== The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx =========================================================== ==========================================================The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx ==========================================================