Inserting the Total Number of Words in Your Document

Word keeps track of summary information for a document. You can see the information maintained by Word simply by choosing Properties from the File menu. One of the pieces of information maintained is the number of words in the document. This information is updated whenever the document is saved or printed. Word allows you to insert this bit of summary information in your document by following these steps:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the number of words to appear.
2. Choose Field from the Insert menu. Word displays the Field dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. Choose Document Information as the field category. Word updates the choices in the Field Names list (at the right side of the dialog box).
4. Select NumWords from the Field Names list.
5. Click on OK to close the dialog box and insert the field.