/text/swriter/guide/words_count.xhp words; counting in text number of words documents; number of words/characters text; number of words/characters characters; counting number of characters counting words word counts MW deleted "character counts" Counting Words If you want to count only some text of your document, select the text. Choose Tools - Word Count. To get some more statistics about the document, choose File - Properties - Statistics. File - Properties - Statistics