Word count

[08012006]

In a Microsoft Word document, I know how to get the total word count, from "Tools". But how do I find out the count of a specific word, eg how many times does "the" or "we" appear

[ChuckFickens]

Don't think there is an option to do that..

you could do a replace (ctrl+h) and type in the as "the" word to find and replace it with "the" and click replace all and it will tell you how many times it has replaced "the" with "the"

But you will then have to check the document as it would remove any capital letters that may be used in "The"

[A.Guest]

Further to Chucks suggestion

I do not think there is a specific function available to do that. However, with a little bit of trickery you can find out what you need.

Open the document. and then left click on EDIT. Then left click on REPLACE. Where it asks you to FIND WHAT, type in the word the followed by a space. The space is very important! otherwise it will recognise ALL words with the sequence 'the'.

Where it asks you to REPLACE WITH, type in eht again followed by a space). Then left click on REPLACE ALL. A window will appear telling you how many instances of the word 'the' appear in the document.

A window will appear telling you how many instances of the word will be replaced.

Now repeat the process with the word we (followed by a space) and the word ew (followed by a space).

But remember as you close the document, when it asks if you want to make changes click NO.

It seems a bit complex but does the trick! Good luck.

[08012006]

Many thanks for these ideas - much appreciated.

[rojash]

I tried your suggestion AC, and it turned "The big red lorry went up the hill, and all the pots and pans fell off" into "Eht again big red lorry went up eht again hill, and all eht again pots and pans fell off"

What did I do wrong?

[ChuckFickens]

AC's suggestion????

A.guest maybe??

Anyhow... you can replace any word with the same word.. not sure what all the replace we with ew is all about, just replace we with we.... (though as i said watch out for losing capital letters)

[koster]

The previous answers make this very complicated. There is a very easy way.

This works for Word 2007.

Click on "Find".
Type "the".
Click on "More".
Tick "Find Whole Words Only".
Click on "Find in".
Click on "Main document".

The number of instances of "the" is displayed.

In older versions of Word you click on "Find All".

[rojash]

Chucky, if you read about my White Screen of Death problems, you'd understand that I'm somewhat the worse for wear (or vodka)...

[koster]

If you do use "replace", there is no need to worry about capital letters, "eht" etc. Just replace "the" with nothing and then use the "Undo" button afterwards.

Also, the solution with the space will not be accurate. It's OK for "the" because "the" is always followed by a space, but other words might be followed by a comma or a full stop, for example.

[koster]

You could also save it as a PDF file and use the search function in Adobe Reader, or save it as a web page and use the find function Internet Explorer. However, if there are more than 100 instances, Internet Explorer 8 will just say "more than 100".

[ChuckFickens]

Rojash..

I did read it earlier... and it was screaming mobo can be the only reason (you've changed everything else)

BTW have you tried booting from a live linux CD on that box to see if it still does it? (or even the really strange live windows XP CD that I found a couple of weeks ago!!)