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In the Text group, select Quick Parts> Field :
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In the Field window, select the available fields to assign to the text. For example: Table of Contents, Bibliography, Time & Date . Let's start with simply counting letters, then you will learn more about the extra features yourself:
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In the Categories section you choose Numwords to count words:
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Next is to edit the related properties, formatting . here we leave the default format:
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In this example we count a total of 1,232 words, the field can be placed anywhere in the text according to the user's wishes and the presentation:
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If you want to update the number of characters to change, it's easy, just right-click on the word number and select Update Field :
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This is the result after we add another piece of text, you can see that this count field automatically updates:
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This is a pretty quick and useful way if you want to create a character counter in the text. In the following sections, we will continue to use Field Codes in Word 2010. Wish you success!