In the TextEdit document, select all (Cmd + A), or select the text you want to run a word count on, then go into a document in a program that does have a word count – we most often use Google Docs, but Microsoft Word and Apple Pages are other options – paste it in with Cmd + V and then do a word count there. Cheat! Paste into another programįinally, and just in case it hadn’t occurred to you already, let’s very quickly mention the cheat method which most of us relied on before deciding to tackle this problem. (On different occasions, for instance, depending on formatting, we’ve found that it thinks “you’ll” is two words, or no words at all.) So it’s fine for giving a rough idea, but it will consistently under- or overestimate by a few percent, depending on the casualness of your writing style.
And a quick glance at the highlighted words will show that it isn’t perfectly accurate, particularly falling down on words with apostrophes in.
0 kommentar(er)
