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Count words and characters

Journals often set word limits (English) or character limits (French humanities). Sarmate counts the words of the rendered text — ignoring LaTeX code and formulas — as well as the characters, with or without spaces.

Where to click

  1. In the toolbar, open the “Files” menu.
  2. Click “Word count”.
  3. A dialog shows the word count, the characters (with spaces) and (no spaces), plus words in headings, number of figures/tables and formulas.
Word and character count dialog
Master document If the open file is a sub-file linked to a master document, the count covers the whole document, not just the current chapter.