On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:50:13 +0100 Jonathan Allen <jonat...@barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:
> Rory, > > > When text is selected the footnotes for that block are not counted. > > Otherwise they are, and their number in the footnote seems to be > > counted as a word. But don't rely on the word count matching that > > of MS Word. > > Thank you so much for that. It's a good start. Two follow on questions: > > 1. does LibreOffice work with the same rules? > > 2. from an academic point of view, if a word-count limit is set for > a document, would you expect a best-effort count in OO to be an > excuse for being a tad over in MS Word? > > Jonathan > I think LibreOffice (which I don't use) should work with the same rules, but they do tweak things, so the only sure way to know is to query this on a LibreOffice list. My understanding is that most academic standards allow +/-10% in word count. Unless the academic standards committee defines the exact word count process to be used, one word counter is as good as another. In any event I personally would object to any academic institution insisting on the use of proprietary software and proprietary formats - this is as restrictive as insisting that one should write one's submissions in purple ink on a green paper. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
