Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Inserting a Dynamic Word Count in Your Document.
Word keeps track of summary information for a document. You can see the information maintained by Word simply by displaying the Properties dialog box for your document. One of the pieces of information maintained is the number of words in the document. This information is updated whenever the document is printed. Word allows you to insert this bit of summary information in your document by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Field dialog box.
If you prefer to not use the Field dialog box (for whatever reason), you can insert the number of words into your document by following these steps:
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2018-10-10 10:07:54
Chris
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2018-09-01 16:20:17
MW
A reminder that if you enable the feature, there is a dynamic word count continually displayed at the bottom of your Word document in the Status Bar.
Right click in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Word Window and a Customize dialog box pops open where you can select/deselect many options to be continually displayed, including the Word Count.
If you highlight a portion of your document, then the Word Count displays both the number of words highlighted and the total number of words in the document.
If you double click on that displayed Word Count box, a dialog box will open giving you more dynamic statistics about your document. This dialog box can also be found on the Ribbon under Review (far left side).
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: 
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