Word Count counts the number of words in your document while you type. Learn how to disable the word count feature in Microsoft Word.

How to Count Characters in MS Word. As one would expect, Microsoft Word includes a feature to count the words in a document; it also includes the ability to count the characters.

Here's a little trick to add a word count field into your Word document so you don't have to keep checking the word count tool in the ribbon.

Getting a word count with Office for the iPad is simpleu2014but you have to know where to look.