Or subscribe directly on tinyletter.If you're a new Mac user and you're on Yosemite, go straight to Sublime Text 2: it's excellent, still updated, and, once your get your head around snippets (the work of minutes), you'll have a great workflow in place. Subscribe to new posts? E-mail: Yes, subscribe me! She loves data and coding, as well as teaching and sharing knowledge - oh, and sci-fi, coffee, chocolate, and cats 🤓 Series They count words differently, though, so be aware! Make sure you use the one that is right for you 🙂Ĭathrine Wilhelmsen is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, BimlHero Certified Expert, international speaker, author, blogger, organizer, and chronic volunteer. You can quickly count words in Notepad++ by using the built-in Summary feature or by using the TextFX Word Count feature. This is because Notepad++ and TextFX counts hyphenated words differently: This is 4 fewer words than the Summary reported. However, if we select all the text, we see that we have 282 words. This time, we see that we have 90 words selected: Click TextFX → TextFX Tools → Word Count: This only works if you have text selected. The alternative way of counting words is to use the TextFX plugin. We can only see the total words in the Summary box, not the selected words. In the Summary, we see that we still have 286 words, despite having selected text. In this example, we have highlighted the first paragraph: You can also open the Summary by double-clicking on Length / Lines in the Status Bar. In the Summary, we see that we have 286 words: Notepad++ counts hyphenated words as two words, while TextFX counts hyphenated words as one word.įun fact: TextFX and Microsoft Word counts words the same way.
More importantly, Notepad++ and TextFX counts words differently. It shows you how many words and characters are in your selection. It only works when you have text selected. The TextFX Word Count shows the total and selected word count. If you have text selected, it shows you how many characters you have selected, but not how many words are in your selection.
The Notepad++ Summary only shows the total word count, not the selected word count. Double-click on Length / Lines on the Status Bar ( shortcut to Summary).If you are using the TextFX plugin you can use the Word Count feature: If you have no plugins installed, you can use the built-in Summary feature. They count words differently, though, so be aware! Make sure you use the one that is right for you 🙂 Word Count in Notepad++ For example, what is the document length and total word count? You can do this by using a built-in feature or by using the TextFX plugin. In Notepad++, you can quickly find information about your text.
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