Words and characters count in OpenOffice - so it'll work

With just a few simple steps, you can quickly count the number of characters and words in the OpenOffice document. Here we explain how it works.

How to count characters and words in OpenOffice

• First open the OpenOffice document.
• If you only want to count the words and characters of a certain section, you must mark it now.
• Then click on the "Tools" tab.
• Then select "Word Count".
• Now you get the number of words and characters for the entire document and, if necessary, for the marked area.

You can also easily count words and characters in Word - we show how exactly here.