If you want to know how many words are in your document, then use the Microsoft Word Word Count tool to count them for you.
How To Count Words In MS Word
This free tool is built into Microsoft Word, but you may have it turned off on your menu settings. I had and I didn’t know where it was until I dug around!
…are in your document.
It can also count the number of characters, either including or not including spaces.
Video – Count Total Number of Words in Document
How to Use the Word Count toolbar
As you add text to your document, you don’t have to click Word Count on the Tools menu each time you want a recount.
Instead, turn on the Word Count toolbar, and click Recount to update the word count.
What tools do you use to count the number of words you’ve written?