In
Writing 3: June 13th, Rick mentions a handy tool for counting words, the
Cut & Paste Word Count tool from
JavaScript Kit. You can add it to a widget at the foot of your blog (that is, if your template has a footer), and count words in quickposts without having to open a word processor. I'm going to try it now!
There it is, right between the proto-portfolio and the WinK Events calendar:
[74 words]
"Close enough for government work," as the saying goes! The Cut and Paste Word Count calculated 72 words for my quickpost.
ReplyDeleteI had Microsoft Word running already, for some document that started it automatically, so I pasted in and counted the same clipping there: 74 words!
That made me curious enough to fire up my favorite word processor, NeoOffice (equivalent to OpenOffice for Windows). Lo and behold: 73 words!