Jay
Thanks for getting back to me with a solution. I'll give the macro a
try and see what happens. It is a shame that there are no selection
options within the wordcount to request which parts are
included/excluded. I really will have earnt my dry martini by the end
of this one!
All the best
DM
Jay Freedman wrote:
[Quoted Text] > That's _almost_ the most efficient way. A better method is to use File > > Save As to make a copy of the document, keeping the original intact. In the > copy, delete all the tables and do the word count. Then you don't have to > put them back. > > If you're willing to use a macro in the copy (*not* in the original!), this > is a one-click solution: > > Sub WordCountWithoutTables() > Dim oTbl As Table > For Each oTbl In ActiveDocument.Tables > oTbl.Delete > Next > Dialogs(wdDialogToolsWordCount).Show > End Sub > > See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > dry martini wrote: > > Dear All > > > > It's dissertation submission time and I am having a headache trying to > > calculate the word count in word. Does anyone know of a way to exclude > > tables from the word count? I have resorted to cutting and pasting the > > tables out of the document and then doing the count before importing > > them back. Dull but effective.
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