| maramyfriend | IMPORTANT - Re Word counting in MS Word and Open Office Write |
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nov. 5, 2009 - 12 27 |
So at home I use Open Office and my word count is (I round down for now) 8500. I emailed my manuscript to work and opened it in Word and my word count dropepd by 2,000 words. I have so far found that I am not the only person to experience this: |
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nov. 5, 2009 - 12 38
Seems like people are getting different word counts depending on what software they use:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3268007
Even discrepancies between Open Office, Word and the NaNo counter when it goes live
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Paul Webber
Don’t settle for shampoo! Demand real poo!
98,000 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2009 - 12 51
It could be worse - you could have just discovered that your entire story so far consists of typing "I am a fish" 6500+ times.
So much for passing my astronavigational exam.
62,000 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2009 - 12 57
There seems to be quite a lot of things around the net about this:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3403266
But if anyone wants the conclusion I got is that Open Office Writer counts are WAY OFF the NaNometer (NaNo Word Count when it goes live)!
Micro$oft Word counts are usually within a few hundred word of the NaNometer.
Micro$oft Works is pretty much spot on.
I'm not saying that is the way it is but that is what I have read in quite a bit of googling.
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Paul Webber
Don’t settle for shampoo! Demand real poo!
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nov. 5, 2009 - 15 42
Ryan, have you been hacking into my computer? How did you know that's all I've been writing?
I haven't followed the links yet, but I wonder if this is what I'd referred to once before, about how some word counters count letters and divide by 5 (every 5 characters = 1 word). I remember our old word counter years ago being like that, and have always assumed they still were, until I checked into it this year...
----------98,000 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2009 - 17 02
You don't actaul expect me to try and come up with something original do you?
98,000 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2009 - 17 02
You don't actualy expect me to try and come up with something original do you?
98,000 / 50,000
nov. 5, 2009 - 17 02
You don't actualy expect me to try and come up with something original do you?
46,160 / 50,000
nov. 6, 2009 - 19 33
Uh-oh.
----------'We believe in heroes because, ultimately, we believe in ourselves.' - Jack Kirby.
62,000 / 50,000
nov. 6, 2009 - 19 39
If you want to check you can go to:
http://www.wordcounttool.com/
Copy and paste into that.
I am using Writer and lost 2,000 word in the difference! Yeah, I was erm...a little upset with that.
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Paul Webber
Don’t settle for shampoo! Demand real poo!
25,845 / 50,000
nov. 7, 2009 - 10 43
I use Q10 and last year it was within 200 words when I validated... it also has built in word war timers and daily counts etc so I love it for NaNo.
46,160 / 50,000
nov. 7, 2009 - 15 42
Between the Word Count tool in Writer and http://www.wordcounttool.com/ 135 words of my work apparently go to the land of Wind and Ghosts. Oddly enough I think this will only encourage me to overcompensate, so I should be covered. ;p
----------'We believe in heroes because, ultimately, we believe in ourselves.' - Jack Kirby.