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Post by eileenk98 on Mar 16, 2013 18:19:46 GMT -5
Because I doubt I'm writing that fast. Is there any way someone could run my document through their word counter and see if I'm crazy, or if I really am that far off? It would be helpful to know by how much, especially as we get closer to the end of the month. Thanks in advance!  |
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Mar 16, 2013 18:35:46 GMT -5
What program are you using?
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Post by eileenk98 on Mar 16, 2013 18:57:50 GMT -5
Microsoft Office Word 2007. It's usually pretty good, but lately I've found strange jumps in my word count when I reopen the document. It might possibly be the formatting.
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Post by Siana Blackwood on Mar 16, 2013 20:19:20 GMT -5
This word counting tool ( www.wordcounttool.com/)gives me an identical result to FocusWriter, which tends to be within a couple of hundred words of the NaNo wordcount. From experience, MS Word is likely to be within a thousand of the same total, even over large documents. Try the online word counter - if you get a hugely different total it's something weird going on in MS word. (Might also be a good time to back up the file .) |
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Post by Agent Double Oh Zero on Mar 16, 2013 20:39:35 GMT -5
Which reminds me -- I should back up my file.
I usually use the Scrivener word count, but the FocusWriter count seems to be pretty much identical to Scrivener's.
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Post by eileenk98 on Mar 17, 2013 7:29:05 GMT -5
I"ve decided to move forward with it as is, for now, but also save a copy as a text file, in case it is the formatting that's causing the problems. At the end of the month, I'll compare the two and see how far off I am, and if it's a lot, go with the lower number.
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