In a 1980 typing class, a 'word' (as in WPM) was defined as 5 characters typed without spelling errors. At the time that is how anyone paid by the word got paid: Total characters divided by 5 - errors detected. = paid words. And we used line length and lines per page to calculate total characters, not actually counting them. That is, on a Pica typewriter: 60 characters per row * 28 rows per page * 20 pages * 32 lines per page = 33600 words.
On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 10:25 AM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. < robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> wrote: > Chris - > > Were your asterisks separated by spaces? My impression is that any > character(s) delimited by white space will be counted as a word. > > - Robert > > ________________________________ > From: Chris J. <rchristopherjohn...@gmail.com> > Sent: March 25, 2023 11:00 > To: lo user help <users@global.libreoffice.org> > Cc: Chris Johnson <rchristopherjohn...@gmail.com> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer word counts. > > I've known for a while now that LO Writer's words counts and MS Word > counts are close but not the same. I was entering an asterisked scene > break just now and noticed the word count increased by three. A little > experimenting revealed that Writer counted three asterisks as words. > This would account for some of the differing word counts between the > two. I've noticed it happening in other areas I haven't narrowed down yet. > > > What all exactly does LO Writer count as words? To a story writer words > counts mean something. > > > Thank you. > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
