From 9ca1d85d439e6f384ce372a8ddc069db89019ecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislav Horacek Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:48:21 +0200 Subject: update word counting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Change-Id: I301b3671d30782acc4fd0a4f8ee6a1baf847e6f1 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/8968 Reviewed-by: Caolán McNamara Tested-by: Caolán McNamara --- source/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'source/text/swriter/guide') diff --git a/source/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp b/source/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp index 6f6413c4d3..8da2393de3 100644 --- a/source/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp +++ b/source/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp @@ -40,20 +40,21 @@ - Word count is shown in the status bar, and is kept up to date as you edit. + Word and character count is shown in the status bar, and is kept up to date as you edit. If you want to count only some text of your document, select the text. - To display extended statistics such as character count, double click the word count in the status bar, or choose Tools - Word Count. + To display extended statistics such as count of characters without spaces, double click the word count in the status bar, or choose Tools - Word Count.
How does %PRODUCTNAME count words? - In general, every string of characters between two spaces is a word. Tabs, line breaks, and paragraph breaks are word limits, too. - Words with dashes or always visible hyphens, as in plug-in, add-on, user/config, are counted as one word each. + In general, every string of characters between two spaces is a word. Dashes, tabs, line breaks, and paragraph breaks are word limits, too. + Words with always visible hyphens, as in plug-in, add-on, user/config, are counted as one word each. The words can be a mix of letters, numbers, and special characters. So the following text counts as four words: abc123 1.23 "$" http://www.example.com. + To add a custom character to be considered as the word limit, choose %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - General and add the character into the Additional separators field.
To get some more statistics about the document, choose File - Properties - Statistics. -- cgit