Place the insertion point in a text frame to view counts for the entire thread of frames (the story), or select text to view counts only for the selected text.
Choose Window > Info to display the Info panel.
The Info panel displays the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in a text frame. The position of the insertion point within the text frame also appears.
Note that some “characters” are not counted as characters. For example, discretionary hyphens, XML tags, etc. It isn’t as precise as I would like sometimes but we try to match what an editor-type person would expect.
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9.Jul.2008 1.48pm
The Info Panel seems to have the information.
Here’s what the Help Viewer says:
Determine word and character counts
Place the insertion point in a text frame to view counts for the entire thread of frames (the story), or select text to view counts only for the selected text.
Choose Window > Info to display the Info panel.
The Info panel displays the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in a text frame. The position of the insertion point within the text frame also appears.
Thanks for asking, never knew about it!
9.Jul.2008 3.26pm
Note that some “characters” are not counted as characters. For example, discretionary hyphens, XML tags, etc. It isn’t as precise as I would like sometimes but we try to match what an editor-type person would expect.