Microsoft KB Archive/276475

= WD97: How to Perform a Word Count of a Specific Word in a Document =

Article ID: 276475

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q276475



SUMMARY
This article demonstrates how to use a Word Visual Basic for Applications macro to perform a word count of a specific word in a document.



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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Sub Find

Dim MyCount As Integer Dim MyWord As String Dim Total As Integer Dim intI As Integer

'Prompt the user for the word to search for. MyWord = InputBox(&quot;What word are you looking for?:&quot;)

'Select the entire document Selection.WholeStory

'Count the total number of words in the document Total = Application.Selection.Range.Words.Count

'Enumerate through each word selected, removing leading ' and trailing spaces For intI = 1 To Total

With Selection.Words(intI)

If Trim(.Text) = MyWord Then MyCount = MyCount + 1 End If

End With

Next intI

'Display results MsgBox &quot;Found &quot; & MyCount & &quot; occurrences of: &quot; & MyWord & _ &quot; out of a total of: &quot; & Total & &quot; words&quot;

End Sub

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