How to count number of words per page in Word document?
As we know, we can count the number of words of the whole document in Word by applying its Word Count utility. But how can you count the number of words in the active page only? In this tutorial, I introduce some tricks to handle this job.
Count number of words in active page with manual selection
Count number of words in active page with VBA
Count number of words in active page with manual selection
1. Select the active document by cursor, then click Review > Word Count.
2. In the Word Count dialog, the number of words in the active document has been counted.
Count number of words in active page with VBA
In Word, there is no built-in function to count words in active page only, except the VBA code.
1.Place the cursor at the page you want to count words, press Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, copy and paste below code to the Module script.
VBA: Count number of words in active page
Sub GetWordsCount_ActivePage()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20180829
Dim xWord As Long
xWord = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\Page").Range.ComputeStatistics(wdStatisticWords)
MsgBox "The number of words of atcive page: " & xWord, vbInformation, "Kutools for Word"
End
3. Press F5 key, then a message box pops out to tell you the number of words in the active page.
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