Count Anything Help
Getting Started
Count Anything is a free word-counting utility. It can provide word counts for many different file types, including Word (.doc, .rtf), PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls, .csv), XML, HTML, and plain text.
You can select individual files or entire folders to count, and drill down on count results to get details about specific files, character types, and Asian character types.
Getting a Word Count
- From the File menu, select Wordcount, or press F5.
- The Pick Files to Count dialog box opens.
Select the files you wish to include in the word count, then click
OK.
(See Adding Files for details.) - The word count appears in a tab in the Count Anything window. Click on file names to drill down on that file. Click on "Total" to drill down on the total for the word count. See Drilling Down on Results for details.
Adding Files
When you perform a word count, you add files to count in the File Picker dialog box.
You can drag and drop files into the list, or use the Add File(s) and Add Folder buttons. Click Remove to remove the selected file(s) from the list.
When you add a folder, either by dragging and dropping it or by clicking Add Folder, the Add Folder dialog appears.
Select which kinds of file to add (or "All Files" to add all of them), whether to recurse subdirectories (whether to add files from subfolders as well), then click OK to add the contents of the folder.
Drilling Down on Results
When you perform a word count, the results appear as a table with all files, and a total.
Click on one of the file names to drill down on that file. Click on the "Total" label to drill down on the total.
Click on the "Chars" link to drill down on information about characters.
Click on the "Asian" link to drill down on information about Asian characters.
Saving Reports
You can save your reports as HTML files or as tab-delimited text files.
To save a report, with a report visible, select File >> Save (or press Ctrl+S).
When you save a report as an HTML file, the current report view is saved (see Drilling Down on Results for details). When you save a report as a tab-delimited text file, the full report is saved.
Setting Options
To get a set options, from the Tools menu, select Options. The settings are as follows:
- Recurse subdirectories: Add all subdirectories when adding a folder to the word count list
- Count number-only segments: Include number-only segments in the word count