This business with the Microsoft Word word count was something that I
discovered writing my dissertation. There are actually 2 ways of doing a
word count, and the 2 of them can give hugely different results (in
formatted documents). I found it was worth checking them both and then
using the word count that was closest to your target!
The methods are: 1) Go to "Tools" then "Word Count" (the obvious one!).
Or 2) Go to "Tools", "Options" for Spelling and Grammer. Turn on the
Grammer checker and then check the "Readability Statistics". This then
gives you a word count at the end of a spell check.
It may be worth checking the other method to see what it thinks your word
count is! It may help,
Hannah
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