Which version of Word are you running?



At least in a subscription version (Microsoft 365), you should see an option to add the character count to Word's status bar.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your response; This is very puzzling. I found today in a search somebody posted a screen cap from Word 2016 with the Character Count option available on the Status bar menu. Based on the information that I can get from my version of Word, seems like I should have this option too.


Attached are two screen caps describing the MS product that I am using. The third shows the options menu that I see when I right click on the Stats Bar.


If you know a secret, please share. Add-in maybe?


Thanks,
Art

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Hi All,
With a little more sleuthing I found that, yes, in fact, I have Word 2016. Hope this helps solve the mystery of the Status Bar menu.
Please see attached.
Thanks,
Art

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