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From: Jay Freedman on 24 Jan 2010 12:53
Yes, that's correct. You could put the title and author's name in the
first page header along with the NUMWORDS field (by itself, not in a
formula field), and the count would be correct.

If the course instructor has such stringent requirements, though, this
strategy might be "against the rules". I never cease to be amazed at
the picayune garbage that's forced on students.

--
Jay

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:18:50 +0200, "Graham Mayor"
<gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:

>Then if the stuff to be excluded was in the first page header, it wouldn't
>need excluding from the count?
>
>--
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>Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
>My web site www.gmayor.com
>Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:flknl5hsfqukh3f3pkf281pvch5ahvci0h(a)4ax.com...
>> But not if it's in a header -- it only counts the main text.
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:53:00 +1100, "macropod"
>> <macropod(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Note too that the NUMWORDS field counts itself as another word after the
>>>first update ...
>>>
>>>--
>>>Cheers
>>>macropod
>>>[Microsoft MVP - Word]
>>>
>>>
>>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>news:caqml550apmpe8lkf1gu0q9t9pjrduadku(a)4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> You got it almost right. The NUMWORDS has to be a field embedded
>>>> inside the Formula field. Click on the Formula field and press
>>>> Shift+F9 (or right-click it and choose Toggle Field Codes) to display
>>>> the code. Select the keyword NUMWORDS and press Ctrl+F9 to enclose it
>>>> in field braces. It should now look like this:
>>>>
>>>> { = {NUMWORDS} - 6 }
>>>>
>>>> Press F9 to update the field and get the number you want.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jay Freedman
>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:17:01 -0800, ecn1942
>>>> <ecn1942(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm taking a class in short fiction and one of the requirements is that
>>>>>the
>>>>>first page header include the story's word count. I tried inserting
>>>>>QuickParts > Field > NUMWORDS which gave me almost what I wanted.
>>>>>Problem is
>>>>>that the required number is NOT to include the story title and author's
>>>>>name
>>>>>which appear on the first page. How do I insert a number that is equal
>>>>>to
>>>>>NUMWORDS minus the word count for my title and name? I tried putting
>>>>>the
>>>>>number to subtract in the document properties then inserting Field >
>>>>>Formula
>>>>>=NUMWORDS-6 but that didn't work. Can this be done so I don't have to
>>>>>change the heading every time I edit my document?
>
From: macropod on 24 Jan 2010 18:04
The NUMWORDS field also doesn't count text in footnotes, endnotes or shapes. The last of these gives the OP yet another option - put
the 'reserved' text into a textbox.

--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:bs1pl5d7vu04q3kperj7iq4sjbeime60gr(a)4ax.com...
> Yes, that's correct. You could put the title and author's name in the
> first page header along with the NUMWORDS field (by itself, not in a
> formula field), and the count would be correct.
>
> If the course instructor has such stringent requirements, though, this
> strategy might be "against the rules". I never cease to be amazed at
> the picayune garbage that's forced on students.
>
> --
> Jay
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:18:50 +0200, "Graham Mayor"
> <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Then if the stuff to be excluded was in the first page header, it wouldn't
>>need excluding from the count?
>>
>>--
>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>
>>My web site www.gmayor.com
>>Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>
>>
>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:flknl5hsfqukh3f3pkf281pvch5ahvci0h(a)4ax.com...
>>> But not if it's in a header -- it only counts the main text.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:53:00 +1100, "macropod"
>>> <macropod(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Note too that the NUMWORDS field counts itself as another word after the
>>>>first update ...
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Cheers
>>>>macropod
>>>>[Microsoft MVP - Word]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:caqml550apmpe8lkf1gu0q9t9pjrduadku(a)4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> You got it almost right. The NUMWORDS has to be a field embedded
>>>>> inside the Formula field. Click on the Formula field and press
>>>>> Shift+F9 (or right-click it and choose Toggle Field Codes) to display
>>>>> the code. Select the keyword NUMWORDS and press Ctrl+F9 to enclose it
>>>>> in field braces. It should now look like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> { = {NUMWORDS} - 6 }
>>>>>
>>>>> Press F9 to update the field and get the number you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jay Freedman
>>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>>>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:17:01 -0800, ecn1942
>>>>> <ecn1942(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm taking a class in short fiction and one of the requirements is that
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>first page header include the story's word count. I tried inserting
>>>>>>QuickParts > Field > NUMWORDS which gave me almost what I wanted.
>>>>>>Problem is
>>>>>>that the required number is NOT to include the story title and author's
>>>>>>name
>>>>>>which appear on the first page. How do I insert a number that is equal
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>NUMWORDS minus the word count for my title and name? I tried putting
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>number to subtract in the document properties then inserting Field >
>>>>>>Formula
>>>>>>=NUMWORDS-6 but that didn't work. Can this be done so I don't have to
>>>>>>change the heading every time I edit my document?
>>

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