WD: Word Count Displays Incorrect Character Statistic
Article ID: 108689
Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q108689
SYMPTOMS
When you choose Word Count from the Tools menu in Word for Windows, the
Characters statistic may change from the correct number to an incorrect
number.
This error occurs with some documents after Word repaginates. Word displays
the correct Character count prior to repagination. This problem has been
noted in documents with the following characteristics:
- Carriage Return/Line Feeds at the end of each line (Word 2.x documents).
- Documents that contain hidden text.
- Documents that contain fields.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article
Additional query words: wordcount 6.0 wrong winword word6 word7 7.0 word95 word97
Keywords: KB108689