You can find your word count in Microsoft Word in three different ways, including by adding a word count option to your Quick Access toolbar.

With three ways to count specific words in a Word document, you’re bound to find at least one that you like. Susan Harkins shows you how.

How to Count Characters in MS Word. As one would expect, Microsoft Word includes a feature to count the words in a document; it also includes the ability to count the characters.

Microsoft Word displays the word count in the status bar at the bottom left, but you can also have it permanently show the character count as well. Here's how.