[X4U] Word count in Pages

[Steve Martin]

Better yet, open the Inspector, select the first pane "Document  
Inspector", then click the Info pane.

I found that using "Pages Help" in the Help menu and searching for  
"Word Count"

On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Steve Martin wrote:

> Here is an AppleScript that should do it.  Just enter this text in  
> Script Editor and execute it.
>
> tell application "Pages"
> 	count of words of body text of document 1
> end tell
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Samantha Cornell wrote:
>
>> I would google this, but well...you can imagine the useless  
>> results that come up.  Kind of makes me wish Apple would have  
>> chosen a more obscure name.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm scrambling to finish about 90 pages of writing to  
>> finish my undergrad, and out of frustration with Word's crappy  
>> auto formatting I moved everything over to Pages, only to find out  
>> that I can't do a word count to save my life.
>>
>> I truly do not want to go back over to Word...is it possible to do  
>> a word count in Pages?  Have I missed something simple in my  
>> exhaustion-induced delirium?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Samantha
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