Learn how to find the word count on PowerPoint presentation and Word document. Word Count lets us know if we are on a limit or on a writing spree.

Word already displays the number of words in a document in its status bar for all versions. This number appears at the bottom, second to the right after the number of pages in the document.

Microsoft Word displays the word count in the status bar at the bottom left, but you can also have it permanently show the character count as well. Here's how.