Re: [users] Word count

2010-04-10 Thread AG
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I have a text that has to be reduced considerably in extent while it is being edited; I also have to use the change-tracking feature (Openoffice 3.2, Ubuntu 9.10). I was disheartened to discover that, after cutting unmercifully, the text seemed to be no shorter. The

Re: [users] Word count

2010-04-10 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
AG wrote: I may be misinterpreting what you are asking, but the OOo Writer Word Count gives two values - 1 for the selected text and one for the whole document. What you seem to be asking concerns hidden text. First off, I have never come across OOo Writer hiding text ... What I meant was

Re: [users] Word count

2010-04-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10 April 2010 09:59, Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: AG wrote: I may be misinterpreting what you are asking, but the OOo Writer Word Count gives two values - 1 for the selected text and one for the whole document. What you seem to be asking concerns hidden text. First off, I have

Re: [users] Word count

2010-04-10 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Harold wrote: . . . So it seems to me that any problem must be specific to the Ubuntu version of OOo - are you using that or the non-Ubuntu version? What happens if you install the one you don't currently use? In fact I forgot to mention that I’m not using the version of Openoffice installed

[users] Word count

2010-04-09 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
I have a text that has to be reduced considerably in extent while it is being edited; I also have to use the change-tracking feature (Openoffice 3.2, Ubuntu 9.10). I was disheartened to discover that, after cutting unmercifully, the text seemed to be no shorter. The thought then occurred that

[users] Word count in status bar

2009-07-27 Thread L Duperval
Hi, Is there a module that puts word count in the status bar and updates it regularly? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!

Re: [users] Word count in status bar

2009-07-27 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:10 28/07/2009 +, L Duperval wrote: Is there a module that puts word count in the status bar and updates it regularly? I don't know. But here's a rather messy workaround: o Create a header or footer. o Put the cursor into the header or footer and go to Insert | Fields | Other...

[users] Word count in OpenOffice

2009-02-18 Thread Galymzhan Uteulin
Hello, guys, I have been using OpenOffice 2.4 and now transferred to OpenOffice 3. The one thing that appeared to me peculiar is the word count feature. It gives out different results now with the new version. I can send the text example and you can test it yourself. After examining the text, I

[users] Word count in OpenOffice

2009-02-18 Thread Galymzhan Uteulin
Hello, guys, I have been using OpenOffice 2.4 and now transferred to OpenOffice 3. The one thing that appeared to me peculiar is the word count feature. It gives out different results now with the new version. I can send the text example and you can test it yourself. After examining the text, I

[users] Word count without headings or quotes

2008-10-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one perform a word count excluding the headings and quotes? As the user is using styles, can a particular style be selected and only the words in that style be counted? Thanks in advance. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: [users] Word count without headings or quotes

2008-10-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:38 26/10/2008 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one perform a word count excluding the headings and quotes? As the user is using styles, can a particular style be selected and only the words in that style be counted? Yes. o Go to Edit | Find Replace... (or Ctrl+F). o Click More

Re: [users] Word count without headings or quotes

2008-10-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/10/26 Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 10:38 26/10/2008 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one perform a word count excluding the headings and quotes? As the user is using styles, can a particular style be selected and only the words in that style be counted? Yes. o Go to Edit |

[users] Word count on open office 2.2

2007-05-17 Thread Gwynneth Dowling
Hi I have a question about the word count option in the word processing 'writer'? of open office 2.2. I just want to know if the word count includes footnotes as well as the main body of the text. Gwynneth ___ Win a

Re: [users] Word count on open office 2.2

2007-05-17 Thread Paul
Hi I have a question about the word count option in the word processing 'writer'? of open office 2.2. I just want to know if the word count includes footnotes as well as the main body of the text. Gwynneth It sure does. Both footnotes and body of the document are included. /paul --

RE: [users] word count question

2007-04-14 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
13, 2007 9:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [users] word count question I am using 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is with Word Count. I ran it on the whole document (including the cover page) and it said 519 words. Then I selected the writing (not the cover page) and it said

Re: [users] word count question

2007-04-14 Thread jonathon
Brian Kim Majerus wrote: My problem is with Word Count. Does you prof need a computer count, or a printer's count? (For publishing purposes, the former is grossly inaccurate.) If he doesn't know which he wants, then multiply the number of pages by 545. If he wants a computer count, then

[users] Word Count question/problem

2007-04-13 Thread Brian Kim Majerus
I am using 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is with Word Count. I ran it on the whole document (including the cover page) and it said 519 words. Then I selected the writing (not the cover page) and it said that the selection was 724 words (even more if the cover page was included). This is

[users] word count question

2007-04-13 Thread Brian Kim Majerus
I am using 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is with Word Count. I ran it on the whole document (including the cover page) and it said 519 words. Then I selected the writing (not the cover page) and it said that the selection was 724 words (even more if the cover page was included). This is

Re: [users] Word-count oddity

2007-01-31 Thread Mathias Bauer
Peter N. Spotts wrote: Folks, I've just installed 2.1 and in using it on deadline this morning I've noticed that the word-count function gives me odd readings, at least on a partially finished text. I get a more accurate count by highlighting the text than I get from whole document. In

[users] Word-count oddity

2007-01-30 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Folks, I've just installed 2.1 and in using it on deadline this morning I've noticed that the word-count function gives me odd readings, at least on a partially finished text. I get a more accurate count by highlighting the text than I get from whole document. In this case, highlighting the four

Re: [users] Word-count oddity

2007-01-30 Thread Johnny Andersson
Have you tried to save the document right before looking at whole document word count? Johnny Andersson 2007/1/30, Peter N. Spotts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Folks, I've just installed 2.1 and in using it on deadline this morning I've noticed that the word-count function gives me odd readings, at

Re: [users] Word-count oddity

2007-01-30 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:09 PM [GMT+1=CET], Peter N. Spotts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I've just installed 2.1 and in using it on deadline this morning I've noticed that the word-count function gives me odd readings, at least on a partially finished text. I get a more accurate

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-27 Thread Guy Voets
2006/10/27, James McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jeffery: I found there is an open issue in regards to the usage of this feature and that it is not fixed. If you would go to the OpenOffice.org IssueZilla and vote for issue 70534, I did. The more votes, the higher on the list it moves and this

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-27 Thread Freddy Van Ingelgom
I am happy to say that on my Debian unstable and with version 2.04 installed from rpm's and with Sun Java, word count is working for me. That is, I go to Tools - Statistics and I have a little window opening saying the number of words and the number of characters in the selected area (o if

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-27 Thread Freddy Van Ingelgom
As promised, I tried this functionality on a Windows XP sp2 machine with OOo 2.0.4 and it worked only partly: if I select the text, it counts the words, unselected in gives 0's for every count (words and characters, selected and whole text). Regards, Freddy Freddy Van Ingelgom wrote: I am

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-27 Thread Alan Frayer
You might find this interesting, then: Windows 2000 sp4 (fully patched), OOo 2.0.4. I opened a document I had created many months before with OOo and saved as a Word document. The printer stored with it lacked the specific font, so the program substituted, no sweat. I checked the properties,

Re: Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-26 Thread Jeffrey Zygmont
@openoffice.org Cc: JEFFREY ZYGMONT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work On Monday 23 October 2006 08:52 pm, JEFFREY ZYGMONT wrote: I am using v. 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org, which I downloaded as soon as I received e-mail notification that the upgrade

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-26 Thread James McKenzie
Jeffery: I found there is an open issue in regards to the usage of this feature and that it is not fixed. If you would go to the OpenOffice.org IssueZilla and vote for issue 70534, I did. The more votes, the higher on the list it moves and this tells the Word Processing team how many folks are

Re: [users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-25 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 23 October 2006 08:52 pm, JEFFREY ZYGMONT wrote: I am using v. 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org, which I downloaded as soon as I received e-mail notification that the upgrade was available. The word-count feature in OpenOffice Writer does not work. Most often, it gives me a reading of 0

[users] Word count feature in Writer does not work

2006-10-24 Thread JEFFREY ZYGMONT
I am using v. 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org, which I downloaded as soon as I received e-mail notification that the upgrade was available. The word-count feature in OpenOffice Writer does not work. Most often, it gives me a reading of 0 words in the conplete text, which of course is absurd. When I

Re: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-16 Thread Guy Voets
2006/10/15, Charles Feinstein [c] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am using version 2.04 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that neither Word count nor Character count work in the word processing program automatically on the document I have open. If I select any or all of the document, I can get a word and

Re: Fw: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-16 Thread autoresponse:help hints for unsubscribed users
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Re: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 14 October 2006 07:53 pm, Charles Feinstein [c] wrote: I am using version 2.04 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that neither Word count nor Character count work in the word processing program automatically on the document I have open. If I select any or all of the document, I can

Re: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-15 Thread autoresponse:help hints for unsubscribed users
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[users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-14 Thread Charles Feinstein [c]
I am using version 2.04 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that neither Word count nor Character count work in the word processing program automatically on the document I have open. If I select any or all of the document, I can get a word and character count. Previous versions would

[users] Word count for Impress

2006-04-20 Thread Anna Duncan Watts
Hello, I would like to confirm that Impress has no word count feature. Thankyou Duncan Watts www.colacstation.com.au

Re: [users] Word count for Impress

2006-04-20 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday April 20 2006 04:59 pm, Anna Duncan Watts wrote: Hello, I would like to confirm that Impress has no word count feature. Thankyou Duncan Watts www.colacstation.com.au You are correct. But then neither does Base, Calc, and Draw. Just out of curiosity, what purpose would a

[users] word count

2006-01-10 Thread Tony Levene
dear open office, I use Open Office 2.0. I cannot find how to get a word count button on to the toolbar (you can do this in the microsoft word processor by dragging from a customise list). Is this possible? As a journalist, I find the word count button on the toolbar really useful! Please

Re: [users] word count

2006-01-10 Thread John W. Kennedy
Tony Levene wrote: dear open office, I use Open Office 2.0. I cannot find how to get a word count button on to the toolbar (you can do this in the microsoft word processor by dragging from a customise list). Is this possible? Pick the narrow down-arrow at the right of the toolbar.

[users] word count question

2005-08-21 Thread tayjer
Hi I hope you can help me. I have to write an essay but the word count doesn't seem to be working. I have written nearly a quarter of the essay an it says there are 15 words. There are fifteen words but there are the first word in each line so I have written 15 lines. I need a word count please

[users] Word count on Writer's tool bar

2005-08-20 Thread Mixu Lauronen
David Weinrebe wrote: Is there a way to put the word count function on Writer's tool bar? This works from at least OOo 1.9.100 onwards. Start writer. Select Tools-Customize-Toolbars. Make sure the toolbar in question is Standard tool bar. Press Add. The Word Count command can be found in the

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-14 Thread Paul Sutton
Thanks for the advice, I am downloading the latest version from the openoffice.org site now, thanks again Paul - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi I am not sure if this is just me, or a bug in the software. I am currently working on my ECA (End of Course Assesment) for the open university, part of this is to answer a question in 60 - 100 words. If I goto statistics it seems to give me the same word count, regardless of the fact that

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread Mika-Petri Lauronen
I am not sure if this is just me, or a bug in the software. Just thought I would ask, am I doing the word count correctly, I probably need to update my software, as 1.1.79 is slightly out of date, but I am not really using this for production use, and would rather wait until 2.0 comes out.

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread =?UTF-8?B?IkVsw61kaWVyIE1veWEgUi4i?=
As I understand with this option it is possible to see just the whole file statistic. So, it is useless to highlighted some part of the text. Regards, Eldier Moya R. Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I am not sure if this is just me, or a bug in the software. I am currently working on my ECA (End of Course

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread =?UTF-8?B?IkVsw61kaWVyIE1veWEgUi4i?=
I forgot to say... Open Office 1.1.4 Eldier Moya R. wrote: As I understand with this option it is possible to see just the whole file statistic. So, it is useless to highlighted some part of the text. Regards, Eldier Moya R. Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I am not sure if this is just me, or a bug in the

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
In that case, use Andrew Brown's macro. See http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 15:24 -0600, Eldier Moya R. wrote: I forgot to say... Open Office 1.1.4 Eldier Moya R. wrote: As I understand with this option it is possible to see just the whole

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread Caleb Marcus
The beta version of OpenOffice.org has functionality to count the words in a selection. However, it is not reccomended that you use this for important documents until it is released as OpenOffice.org 2.0, because it may freeze or lose data. I hope this information helped. G. Roderick

Re: [users] WORD COUNT

2005-05-13 Thread Caleb Marcus
You probably mean 1.9.79. You should upgrade to 1.9.100, it will be more stable, as well as faster. The QuickStarter is now quicker and easier to use. Did you download via BitTorrent? I believe that the BitTorrent versions are a bit out of date, but the standard downloads are pretty fast. I