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From: bobm@mummy.unsw.oz (Robert Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.text.desktop
Subject: Word 4:  word count/chara. count on Saving ... query
Keywords: word count on Saving instead of character count
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Date: 5 Jan 91 14:13:41 GMT
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An Australian journalist friend of mine who does not have direct access to
the net has asked me to pass on the following request: He uses Word 4 in
writing stories for his newspaper which he files from home via MicroPhone II
into his paper's computer. (He has written a script for that transmission and
says it works like a charm and thoroughly recommends it). He has to write to a
precise word length each time and wonders if it is possible to modify the
"Save" command in Word 4 so that instead of showing the number of characters
in the bottom left-hand corner (which reverts to the page number after a key
is struck) it will show the word count. Obviously a macro could be written
to access utilities in the menu bar to automate the "word count" feature,
but is it possible to, say, ResEdit Word 4 in a way that achieves that outcome?
Or can any netters suggest another way of easily getting an automated word
count?  Thanks in advance. 

Bob Marks
bobm@mummy.agsm.unsw.oz.au