WD: Word Count Displays Incorrect Character Statistic

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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 :
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; :
Platform : WINDOWS
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