Word Count difficulties...

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-10-2005 3:38pm #1

Hello to you all. Perhaps one of you would be kind enough to help me out here.

With essays coming up I need to know how many words to write for them. Obviously this requires a word count - which I don't have, at least I don't think I do.

I'm using Windows XP here.

Does anyone know how to locate whther you have a word count and in the event I do not have one, can I download one from somewhere?

I'm not very technical here (as you've probably guessed) so your help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

Scraggs · 06-10-2005 4:12pm

In Microsoft Word go to Tools and click word count and voila....

beanyb · 06-10-2005 4:17pm

No, you go to Tools and click word count, not Tables!

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-10-2005 4:29pm

I don't appear to have a 'Tools' icon.

I have 'File', 'Edit', 'View', 'Insert', 'Format' and 'Help'.

I probably should ask - 'Wordpad' is Microsoft Word right? Right?

BKtje · 06-10-2005 4:39pm

nah different program m8

Creamy Goodness · 06-10-2005 4:47pm

try this

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-10-2005 5:29pm

B-K-DzR wrote:

nah different program m8

What does that mean? Do I need to download Microsoft Word or something? I'm really lost now.

Cremo,

Do you know of any free downloads? I think I would have to pay for that one.

irlrobins · 06-10-2005 5:37pm

Wordpad doesn't have a word count feature. Word does but obviously if you don't have it installed on your PC this isn't much use to you unless you go and purchase it.

I take it this is on your home PC?

irlrobins · 06-10-2005 5:39pm

This might be of use.

Even has simple instructions to follow. Should do what you require

Red Alert · 06-10-2005 6:06pm

Try http://www.openoffice.org by Sun. It's legally free and looks very like Microsoft Word. It will read and write word documents.

Dave! · 06-10-2005 6:25pm

http://javascript.internet.com/forms/word-count.html

Just go there and copy and paste your piece into the box.

Voila!

EDIT:

You have to click 'Count Words', too, by the way

Mr.Nice Guy · 06-10-2005 10:35pm

Thanks for the help guys. I knew I could count on UCD Boardsies.

This information will provide a good short-term solution until I buy something more worthwhile. Cheers. :cool:

irlrobins · 07-10-2005 8:28am

if u are buying word don't forget u can get the student edition which is way cheaper.

Blush_01 · 07-10-2005 11:28am

Yup. And the student versions of antivirus software are a hell of a lot cheaper too.

irlrobins · 07-10-2005 12:10pm

jeez don't pay for anti virus s/w. AVG is free!!!

http://free.grisoft.com

Red Alert · 07-10-2005 1:51pm

college provides sophos for free under "other resources" in ucd connect. it's very good and gets updated automatically, and doesn't slow things down at all. unusually good work by computer services

irlrobins · 07-10-2005 1:56pm

sophos is crap. its alright at keeping viruses out. But its hopeless at removing any viruses a PC might already be infected with. And I've found viruses using another scanner that the sophos one never picked up on.

As well as that, the default settings that UCD uses means that the scanner will preform a full scan at 9pm each night. But if it detects an infected file it jsut leaves it sitting there!! Makes no attempt to disinfect it.

you have to go into the options and set it to disinfect or delete, etc.

Anyway in my experience Norton, Panda or AVG make better virus tools.

But as u say, Sophos is available free.

Red Alert · 07-10-2005 2:01pm

ClamAV is good also but doesn't do on-access scanning. Sophos will shred files if told to do so. I moved the 9pm scan back to 11pm (when i go have a shower and a cup of tea and buns) so it doesn't bother me - you should always run it if you can.

Blush_01 · 11-10-2005 11:02am

Plus AVG has such pretty colours...

HappyCrackHead · 11-10-2005 5:28pm

Mr. Nice Guy... how the FOOK did you get through first year history and politics without knowing how to do a word count, or know WTF MS Word is????

In history alone you've to write 8 essays... further proof that you dont exist...

Red Alert · 11-10-2005 5:53pm

It's amazing tho' the number of people who don't know the basics of Microsoft Word - we should do a boards MS Word tutorial.

irlrobins · 11-10-2005 5:57pm

or the lazy so and so's could go to the computing services induction courses on at the start of term AND get a free 256Mb Pen drive.

Mr.Nice Guy · 11-10-2005 9:39pm

HappyCrackHead wrote:

Mr. Nice Guy... how the FOOK did you get through first year history and politics without knowing how to do a word count, or know WTF MS Word is????

In history alone you've to write 8 essays... further proof that you dont exist...

Well I got into the habit of writing my essays on paper first when I was in the Library studying and I'd simply count the words by hand and then type it out.

Doesn't everybody do that? :eek:

irlrobins · 11-10-2005 10:07pm

Can't remember the last time I wrote anything by hand. In fact due to lack of use my handwriting is now appalling. Which means I type more. Its a vicious circle really.....

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