Published 14:28 IST, September 10th 2019

Google Docs updated to display word count as you type

Google Docs would now dynamically display the word count in your document as and when you type. This feature is welcome as document creators could save time.

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Google Docs would w dynamically display word count in your document as and when you type. This feature is welcome as document creators could save ample time that goes into checking word count each time. This should also be a potentially welcome step from view of those working under word limits requiring to check ir word count more frequently. To activate new feature, users could choose Tools > Word Count > Display word count and set  Display word count options once to display word count whilst typing.   new enhancement is applicable to all of  GSuite variants. dynamic word count functionality should be a boon to content writers and journalists who most often than t work under tight word limits. Even or categories of users should potentially feel blessed. 

A welcome enhancement

In Microsoft’s Office 360 suite, online Word dynamically displays word count as soon as users allow a short gap during typing. In GDocs’ scenario, total current word count would be displayed at left-hand side downwards. Rollout of dynamic word count feature in Google Docs has begun on 9 September. Google states that this rollout would be a phased one. It should take a while to seed to all users. Do keep checking your GDocs documents on a regular basis. new functionality would also be enabled by default.  “We’ve heard that displaying this information is helpful to users working on docs that require minimum or maximum word count,” stated folks at GDocs, in an official blog post. n, to check out word count of a specific paragraph, select and highlight specific paragraph to determine word count – character count. 

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