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I know it is possible to add a word count field (NUMCOUNT) to a document to create a dynamic word count, but is it possible to limit the word count to only a section of the document?
I need a solution which does not use Macros/VBA.
Jonny Wright
Posted 2015-11-03T21:53:07.317
Reputation: 825
1There is no per-section Word count field. The only way I could imagine doing this without VBA etc. would be to have each section in a separate file with a { NUMWORDS }, update each of those fields and lock the result, then combine the sections. And that would probably require a macro to do it reliably... – None – 2015-11-05T19:32:24.267
Considering how far the Office suite has developed it surprises me that some features are still quite basic. – Jonny Wright – 2015-11-06T00:03:05.413
1Yes, fields have seen very little development (except in the sense that there are now also content controls, but they are not treated equally across the various platforms). IMO it would not have taken much to have a "bookmark" parameter for the { NUMWORDS } field, for example - how many words 'covered' by bookmark "abc". I always had the impression that the Word dev. people thought VBA coding could and would replace all that stuff (which of course, it can't) but who knows? – None – 2015-11-07T10:23:48.810
1FWIW, you can subtract a constant from NUMWORDS if the word count outside the section of interest isn't changing. E.g.,
{ = { NUMWORDS } - 8 }. UseCtrl+F9to produce braces, notShift+[. – Nick Stauner – 2017-01-08T03:10:43.650Here's a hacky solution: https://superuser.com/a/188471/156700
– JohnLBevan – 2019-01-23T19:38:22.647