Was trying to get the word count of an article I was editing in Notepad++ and thought that it might be somewhere in the status bar (as in Microsoft Word), but found only characters count and lines count available.
To get the word count, you will need to select all your text (CTRL+A), and goto TextFX > TextFX Tools > Word Count.
If there’s a better way to do this, please leave a comment below, thanks.
Update
Thanks to Ian and someguy, there’s indeed a better and faster way to get the word count in Notepad++
1. From the menu bar, click View > Summary…
2. Double click on the status bar at the bottom where it says “length : xxx lines : xxx”
vikash says
I want to learn how count words in notepad.So please you can provide ebooks for notepad .
David says
We’re talking about a free open source text editor knows as Notepad++, not the one delivered with Windows (Notepad).
There’s no need for an ebook, just go download Notepad++, use it and read the help file when you can’t figure things out.
Lastly, there’s always google to find what you want. 🙂
Ian says
There IS a better way, and it’s simpler than you might think. Since NP++ v5.8 there is a word count included in the Summary. You have two options to display this (maybe more, I don’t know):
1. From the menu bar, View > Summary…
2. Double click on the status bar at the bottom where it says “length : xxx lines : xxx”
The Summary window appears, with line, word and character counts. Quick, magic.
David says
Thanks Ian, that’s a great tip. Quick + magic indeed!
umair says
yes, its magic.. 🙂 really great tip.. Now, I can use notepad++ without any plugin 🙂
someguy says
you can double click the status bar
EveryBody says
How would I count the number of occurrences of a certain word?
Air-Pie says
1.) Select the word you want to count occurences for
2.) press Ctrl+F
3.) Click Count
–At the bottom of the Find box, you will see the number of occurences in your file for your selection.
Coenraad Loubser (@dagelf) says
Or you can just count the number of spaces if you’ve selected just a paragraph…
Rahul says
How do i count the number of words in the selected text?
summary gives number of words in entire text.
David says
After you’ve selected your text, goto TextFX > TextFX Tools > Word Count
Richard says
that is great, it worked perfectly!
Cokamouse (@cokamouse) says
omg thank you for this quick solution!
Fred Atkinson says
That works great!
Thanks for the ‘KIS’ (keep it simple) solution!