Microsoft KB Archive/108689

= WD: Word Count Displays Incorrect Character Statistic =

Article ID: 108689

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q108689



SYMPTOMS
When you choose Word Count from the Tools menu in Word for Windows, the Characters statistic may change from the correct number to an incorrect number.

This error occurs with some documents after Word repaginates. Word displays the correct Character count prior to repagination. This problem has been noted in documents with the following characteristics:
 * Carriage Return/Line Feeds at the end of each line (Word 2.x documents).
 * Documents that contain hidden text.
 * Documents that contain fields.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article

Additional query words: wordcount 6.0 wrong winword word6 word7 7.0 word95 word97

Keywords: KB108689

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