How To Get Open Office Writer To Show The Word Count At The Bottom? [Solved]

Margarita Skies · Mar 25, 2011

Hello, guys.

I am back with another noob question. I just downloaded the new Open Office Suite and I am exploring the features of Open Office Writer. Is there a way to get it to show the word count of each manuscript on the bottom, like Microsoft Word does?

Thank you so much, once again, for helping me. I was going to download the trial of Office 2010 but it needs 3 GB of space as opposed to less than 400 MB of size of the Open Office Suite. Plus I realized that I don't have the money to activate the full version of Microsoft Office 2010 anyway.

Sincerely
Magali.

alleycat · Mar 25, 2011

I don't believe there is, unless there is an extension for it.

You could add Word Count to a toolbar rather than going to Tools > Word Count, but I don't know a way offhand to have it display word count as you go.

Williebee · Mar 25, 2011

There is a script that does it.

But it is NOT something I would recommend to the casual user.

Margarita Skies · Mar 25, 2011

Ok, so now I know that a "live word count" as they've called it on other sites that I went to, is just not there. I think this is a great word processor regardless. Question answered. Thank you so much.

alleycat · Mar 25, 2011

There might be an extension on the OO website that would allow you to do it.

Chris P · Mar 25, 2011

I like Open Office. There are a few things I find annoying because I'm used to Word, and no live word count is one. But it takes 5 seconds to click a button, so big deal.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 25, 2011

Wait. Word has a displayed word count? I never look at word count until I've finished.

Margarita Skies · Mar 25, 2011

Chris P said:
I like Open Office. There are a few things I find annoying because I'm used to Word, and no live word count is one. But it takes 5 seconds to click a button, so big deal.

It's so nice to see you again. Thanks for answering my query. I guess I don't mind clicking on the word count button I don't know, every time I finish a writing session?

Or more often even.

Margarita Skies · Mar 25, 2011

Shadow_Ferret said:
Wait. Word has a displayed word count? I never look at word count until I've finished.

You right-click on the bottom and it gives you a choice as to what you want to display. The number of lines, colums, word count, the number of pages, etc.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 25, 2011

Hmm. Must be a function of a newer version of Word.

alleycat · Mar 25, 2011

Shadow_Ferret said:
Hmm. Must be a function of a newer version of Word.

Do you have the Word Count toolbar on?

View > Toolbars > Word Count (then dock it wherever you like)

dpaterso · Mar 25, 2011

alleycat said:
Do you have the Word Count toolbar on?

View > Toolbars > Word Count (then dock it wherever you like)

Alas, this option not visible in MS Word 2000.

-Derek

Margarita Skies · Mar 25, 2011

Update:

I just had to trade OO for the trial of Office 2010 because I discovered that OO doesn't have dictionaries of other languages, by default, only Spanish from Spain, and for my Spanish-language WIP's, many of the words that other Spanish-language dictionaries didn't consider misspelled, were marked as misspelled with the Spanish-Spain dictionary from Open Office, so I am going to use this trial for the next 60 days and figure out where to take it from there. Hopefully by the time that the trial is over I will have the money to activate the full version. I just have to write in my native language. Thanks you guys however for your wonderful help. I never get tired of repeating that you guys are the best. I read in Microsoft's official website that the program I am using is $149. We'll see.

Magali.

Chris P · Mar 25, 2011

I've been on Word 2007 for so long I don't remember if Word 2003 had a running word count display or not.

Hey Magali! I've been here, a lot in the Exercises, Games and Prompts threads. It's strange we don't run into each other more often.

alleycat · Mar 25, 2011

Chris P said:
I've been on Word 2007 for so long I don't remember if Word 2003 had a running word count display or not.

Word 2003 does.

alleycat · Mar 25, 2011

dpaterso said:
Alas, this option not visible in MS Word 2000.

-Derek

Thanks for the information. Someone is sure to ask sometime and I'd probably have tried to tell them how to do it (to the frustration of both of us).

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