Questions tagged [word-count]
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Inconsistent word count on Microsoft Office Word
I'm trying to track the word count of my documents. The solution seems to be accessing the .xml inside the .docx (app.xml after opening the .docx as a .zip). However, the numbers don't match:
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Adding a word count field code for specific pages
I would like to add a word count on the front page of my document, but counting only the words on page 3-10. I think I'm looking for a field code like this
{NumWords} {#Page 2-10}
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Why is the output of word count not accurate when assigned to alias?
I use squeue to display jobs like below
and I would like to count the number of running jobs (according to the fifth) column. The command
squeue -h -u $USER | awk '{print $5}' | grep R | wc -l
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Hadoop on VMWare - Mapreduce example program fails to run
I am trying to run hadoop 3.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.10 running as a VM over Win10.
Want to execute a sample word count program to verify that the installation was successful and that hadoop has been ...
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How to count the number of words in a Microsoft Excel file?
I need to count the total number of words in a MS Excel file. Usually, in MS Word or PowerPoint, it's either shown at the status bar or properties window. But in Excel, it's neither given anywhere.
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How can I find out the longest entry in a dictionary?
I asked over at the English Stack Exchange, "What is the English word with the longest single definition?" The best answer they could give is that I would need a program that could figure out the ...
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Word Count in MS Excel 2010
Is there a function built in to count the number of words used in ms-excel-2010 ?
And more specifically the number of words in a selected range ?
Currently, I copy my range out into ms-word to get a ...
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How can I check the word count of selected text in Notepad++?
Is it possible to view the word count for a selected text in Notepad++?
I'm been able to view the current number of selected characters and lines in the bottom status bar.
I'm able to view the total ...
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How to count the occurrence of a specific string in notepad++?
I installed the TextFX plugin and I see the option to get the word count for selected portion of text in a file.
How can I count the number of occurrences of a specific string within a selected ...
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Notepad++ - Display Word Count in Status Bar
Notepad++ shows the number of characters and lines in the status bar as a default; if I double click it, it brings up the Summary dialog which shows the word count.
Can I display the word count as a ...
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Word count for only section of document
I know it is possible to add a word count field (NUMCOUNT) to a document to create a dynamic word count, but is it possible to limit the word count to only a section of the document?
I need a ...
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How to create an alphabetical index of a word document?
My boss gave me a pdf and asked to create an alphabetical index.
The index will contain only interesting (for him) words. The list of 'interesting word' is not available and I'm supposed to create ...
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How to embed tables and figures so they are not included in word count
I need to embed the tables and figures in my thesis so that they are not included when the words are electronically counted. Any help would be appreciated. I'm sure it's straightforward but I can't ...
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Word count for markdown?
Is there a way to get a word count of natural language words in Markdown (or better, Pandoc Markdown), via the command line? It's possible to just use wc to get a very rough estimate, but wc is naive,...
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running word count in OpenOffice writer
In OpenOffice Writer 3.4.1 is there a way to show the word count as you type without clicking anything? I'm new with OpenOffice and am use to word.
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