Show word count and other document statistics

You can show the word count, character count (with or without spaces), and number of paragraphs in a document.

Show word, character, and paragraph count

  1. Click View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Show Word Count.

    The word count appears near the bottom of the page.

    Word count popup showing the number of words in the document and arrow buttons on the right

  2. Move the pointer over the right side of the word count, then click the arrows to choose what you want to display at the bottom of the page:

    • Characters without spaces

    • Characters with spaces

    • Words

    • Number of paragraphs

    • Number of pages

  3. Drag the word count pop-up anywhere on the document.

To see word count and other statistics for only part of a document, select the text that you want to check.