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. Knowing the ...

Q. I type reports mostly in Times New Roman font and often use fractions. For example, when I type 1/2, Word converts it to 12 —a single-character fraction. But if I change fonts, the word processor ...

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.