Inserting a Document's Size

It is often handy to insert the size of your document somewhere within the document itself. Word allows you to include this statistic, in bytes, anywhere you please. As your document size changes through editing, the information displayed by the field changes. For instance, you might want to include the document size at the end of a document in some summary information, or in a header or footer. If you want to insert this information in your document, follow these steps:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the file name inserted.
2. Choose Field from the Insert menu. (If you are using Word 2007, click the Insert tab and then choose Quick Parts | Fields from the Text group of the ribbon.) Word displays the Field dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. Choose Document Information as the field category (left side of the dialog box).
4. Select FileSize from the Field Names list.
5. Click your mouse on OK to close the Field dialog box and insert the field.

You should note that the document's file size is different than the number of characters in the document. The file size is invariably larger, as it includes space consumed by formatting and housekeeping information maintained by Word.