If you want to quickly find how many words are currently in a document, you can use the Tools menu. When you click the Word Count option, a window will appear that will provide you with several statistics, including the word count.
An alternate method is to use the Word Count toolbar. To display the toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click Word Count. A small toolbar will appear. To determine the number of words in the document, click the Recount button. The results will be displayed in the toolbar.
As you continue to add to your document, you can click the Recount button to obtain an updated word count.
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