applescript code to count words in text edit

[Travis Siegel]

Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file  
not found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk,  
and rewrote the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and  
paragraphs, as well as presents the results in a nice dialog box with  
the name of the document so you know for sure which file is being  
counted.  I'm not sure it's word counts are all that accurate, as it  
told me on one of my documents that I had only 605 words, but over  
2700 lines, and 94000 characters in the document, so clearly, the word  
count was off, but It could have been an issue with the formatting of  
the document, since it was a converted html document.
So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too,  
if they support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for  
sure.

hope this helps.
You can find the wordcount script at:
http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
Enjoy.

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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Sarah k Alawami]

I use Itext express and hit cmd y as it comes with  a counter nd is very very 
accurate right down to the white space.  It has helped me write a 8 page paper 
due the next day, and even though I will never do that again, at least it saved 
my bacon. lol!

Take care.
On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:

> Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
> found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and rewrote 
> the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as well as 
> presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the document so 
> you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure it's word counts 
> are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my documents that I had only 
> 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 characters in the document, so 
> clearly, the word count was off, but It could have been an issue with the 
> formatting of the document, since it was a converted html document.
> So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if they 
> support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
> hope this helps.
> You can find the wordcount script at:
> http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
> along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
> Enjoy.
> 
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Andy Collins]

How much was iText Express? -

Andy
On 19 Nov 2013, at 03:35, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:

> I use Itext express and hit cmd y as it comes with  a counter nd is very very 
> accurate right down to the white space.  It has helped me write a 8 page 
> paper due the next day, and even though I will never do that again, at least 
> it saved my bacon. lol!
> 
> Take care.
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
> 
>> Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
>> found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and rewrote 
>> the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as well as 
>> presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the document so 
>> you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure it's word 
>> counts are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my documents that I 
>> had only 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 characters in the 
>> document, so clearly, the word count was off, but It could have been an 
>> issue with the formatting of the document, since it was a converted html 
>> document.
>> So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if they 
>> support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
>> hope this helps.
>> You can find the wordcount script at:
>> http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
>> along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
>> Enjoy.
>> 
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Eileens Misrahi]

Hello,

I been following this thread out of interest. The app iText Express is free, at 
least in the US. HTH.

Eileen

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:59 AM, Andy Collins  wrote:

> How much was iText Express? -
> 
> Andy
> On 19 Nov 2013, at 03:35, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:
> 
>> I use Itext express and hit cmd y as it comes with  a counter nd is very 
>> very accurate right down to the white space.  It has helped me write a 8 
>> page paper due the next day, and even though I will never do that again, at 
>> least it saved my bacon. lol!
>> 
>> Take care.
>> On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
>>> found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and 
>>> rewrote the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as 
>>> well as presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the 
>>> document so you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure 
>>> it's word counts are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my 
>>> documents that I had only 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 
>>> characters in the document, so clearly, the word count was off, but It 
>>> could have been an issue with the formatting of the document, since it was 
>>> a converted html document.
>>> So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if 
>>> they support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
>>> hope this helps.
>>> You can find the wordcount script at:
>>> http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
>>> along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
>>> Enjoy.
>>> 
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Andy Collins]

Thank you - got it now -

Andy
On 19 Nov 2013, at 12:03, Eileens Misrahi  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I been following this thread out of interest. The app iText Express is free, 
> at least in the US. HTH.
> 
> Eileen
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:59 AM, Andy Collins  wrote:
> 
>> How much was iText Express? -
>> 
>> Andy
>> On 19 Nov 2013, at 03:35, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:
>> 
>>> I use Itext express and hit cmd y as it comes with  a counter nd is very 
>>> very accurate right down to the white space.  It has helped me write a 8 
>>> page paper due the next day, and even though I will never do that again, at 
>>> least it saved my bacon. lol!
>>> 
>>> Take care.
>>> On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
>>> 
 Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
 found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and 
 rewrote the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as 
 well as presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the 
 document so you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure 
 it's word counts are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my 
 documents that I had only 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 
 characters in the document, so clearly, the word count was off, but It 
 could have been an issue with the formatting of the document, since it was 
 a converted html document.
 So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if 
 they support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
 hope this helps.
 You can find the wordcount script at:
 http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
 along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
 Enjoy.
 
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Sarah k Alawami]

When I got in in the app store it was free. You can check though. It win’t work 
with foot notes and end notes but I now use it instead of text edit 95 percent 
of the time. 
On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:59 AM, Andy Collins  wrote:

> How much was iText Express? -
> 
> Andy
> On 19 Nov 2013, at 03:35, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:
> 
>> I use Itext express and hit cmd y as it comes with  a counter nd is very 
>> very accurate right down to the white space.  It has helped me write a 8 
>> page paper due the next day, and even though I will never do that again, at 
>> least it saved my bacon. lol!
>> 
>> Take care.
>> On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
>>> found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and 
>>> rewrote the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as 
>>> well as presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the 
>>> document so you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure 
>>> it's word counts are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my 
>>> documents that I had only 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 
>>> characters in the document, so clearly, the word count was off, but It 
>>> could have been an issue with the formatting of the document, since it was 
>>> a converted html document.
>>> So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if 
>>> they support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
>>> hope this helps.
>>> You can find the wordcount script at:
>>> http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
>>> along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
>>> Enjoy.
>>> 
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Caitlyn furness]

Travis,
thanks so much!

After we get the scripts, where do we put them?
Cait

On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Travis Siegel  wrote:

> Well, Since I wrote the last reply, I've fixed the issue with the file not 
> found error.  But then I decided the script was worse than junk, and rewrote 
> the whole thing.  Now it counts words, lines and paragraphs, as well as 
> presents the results in a nice dialog box with the name of the document so 
> you know for sure which file is being counted.  I'm not sure it's word counts 
> are all that accurate, as it told me on one of my documents that I had only 
> 605 words, but over 2700 lines, and 94000 characters in the document, so 
> clearly, the word count was off, but It could have been an issue with the 
> formatting of the document, since it was a converted html document.
> So, there it is.  I'd wager it could be used with other editors too, if they 
> support scripting, but I've not tested any, so can't say for sure.
> hope this helps.
> You can find the wordcount script at:
> http://mac.softcon.com/scripts/Index.html
> along with all of the other apple scripts I've posted there in the past.
> Enjoy.
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Re: applescript code to count words in text edit

[Travis Siegel]

On Nov 19, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Caitlyn furness wrote:


Travis,
thanks so much!

After we get the scripts, where do we put them?
Just save the script somewhere on your file system, then use finder to  
open it.  It'll automatically open the applescript editor.  You'll  
need to open it yourself if you're pasting in code, and if that's the  
case, it's located in applications/applescript/applescripteditor (at  
least it was on tiger, leopard, and snowleopard, can't say beyond that.)

hth.

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