If you're typing your novel into a word processor,
like Microsoft Word, then it probably already
has a built-in word count utility. However,
if you're just typing your novel in a plain
text editor, like Word Pad, then here's what
you can do:
- Open up the page/chapter you are working
on.
- Use your mouse to highlight/select the contents
of the page.
- Press the CTRL key and hold it down while pressing the
letter C on your keyboard. This will copy what you've
selected and store it to your Windows clipboard.
- Return to this "Word Count" webpage
- Place your cursor in the form field (the
big box) above.
- Now press the CTRL key and hold it down while pressing the
letter V on your keyboard. This will take the text
that you stored to your clipboard and will
paste it into the box above.
- Press the "Count Words" button,
and it will return your word count.
You can save the Word Count webpage to your
own computer if you'd like. That way you
can add it to your browser's bookmarks or
onto your desktop and open it up to use it
even when you're not attached to the internet.
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