Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 8, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you want to quickly count the number of paragraphs in a document, here is a great way to do it:
Figure 1. The Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
Word replaces all the paragraph marks in the document with identical paragraph marks, and displays a dialog box indicating how many replacements were made. The number of replacements is the number of paragraphs.
You may not be that impressed with this method, since you can also find out the number of paragraphs in a document by displaying the Statistics tab of the Properties dialog box. However, the real power comes in when you want to find out how many paragraphs you have of a certain style. All you need to do is expand your search a bit.
For instance, let's say you have a certain paragraph style that you use only for figures. To find out how many figures are in your document, follow these steps:
Figure 2. The Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box (expanded).
That's it! The resulting dialog box indicates the number of replacements made, which are only for those paragraphs that use the figure style—in other words, you now know the number of figures in your document.
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2024-03-25 07:39:17
Vadym Zubakhin
As always to the point. Thank you Allen!
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