oddish4
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:07:17 PM new
Does anyone know of a program or a place on line that will count the words in a text? My son is supposed to write a 500 word essay and I don't wanna count these words.
Thanks 
Oddish~ The Odd One
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plsmith
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:10:31 PM new
Hi Oddelyn
Microsoft WORD has a wordcount feature.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:12:12 PM new
Hmm, haven't seen you in a long time.
You can download abiword (a halfway decent and small sized word processing app).
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Hepburn
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:21:42 PM new
Oddish! Damn, girl, I miss you. I cant help ya, but I wanted to come in and say HIYA
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Microbes
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:25:02 PM new
Microsoft WORD has a wordcount feature.
It sure does. My boy didn't want to believe me that a report he wrote wasn't long enough till we ran the word count on it. He was 150 words short on a 500 word report.
But if I had my way, the kids would count the words the old fashion way.
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oddish4
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:25:04 PM new
HIya Pat. James and Hepburn
Do I have microsoft word?
Thanks James I'll check that out.
Off to find word .....
I hate homework.
Oddish~ The Odd One
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oddish4
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:27:44 PM new
ARGG I have microsoft works but not word 
Does anybody have word who might be willing to see how many words this thing has?
Oddish~ The Odd One
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jamesoblivion
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:33:42 PM new
I'll do it. [email protected]
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oddish4
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:35:16 PM new
HI Microbes..I don't think we've met. Nice to meet you
James you're mah-ve-lous!~!!!
Thank you thank you..it's on it's way.
Oddish~ The Odd One
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bunnicula
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posted on October 17, 2001 11:47:46 PM new
It's pretty sad when it gets to the point where a kid is unable to count to 500...
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krs
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posted on October 18, 2001 12:45:00 AM new
I wasn't gonna' say that, but it is. Also, MS works has the same word count tool that Word has. It's in........tools.
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Pat
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posted on October 18, 2001 04:32:46 PM new
Oddish, actually in the olden days I used to run a typing service, where we'd count five letters per word, however many words per inch (probably not changed with proportional spacing), so I'd measure the length of each line, and add the inches up. For 500 words I'd need 250 inches in 10 characters per inch, or I'd need 210 inches in 12 characters per inch. Maybe that'd work, it's certainly a reasonable estimate.
Pat
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