Use Field Codes to Create Word Counters in Word 2010: Tutorial

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Tutorial Overview

In the Text group, select Quick Parts> Field:

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:

In the Categories section you choose Numwords to count words:

Next is to edit the related properties, formatting. Here we leave the default format:

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:

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:

This is the result after we add another piece of text, you can see that this count field automatically updates:

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!