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How to Get the Word Count of Your Office 365 Document

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Write a 1000 word essay on the topic of your choosing…

Okay, but how do you know when you’ve hit your elusive word count target? There are plenty of browser-based word count tools you can use, but luckily word count is a function that is built into Office 365 (and has long been built into past versions of Microsoft Word). You can keep a running word count visible in the bottom bar of Word 2013/2016 and Word Online, or you can pull up additional details about paragraph count, character count, and so on.

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Follow the comprehensive instructions in the video above, or simply right click on the bottom bar and select Word Count.

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