Count Units

Before starting counting process, ensure that you select right count units. These can be characters with spaces, characters without spaces, words, lines, pages or your own count units. Currently selected count unit is displayed in the bottom right corner of the AnyCount window.

You can change count unit with the help of drop-down list.

If you want to create your own count unit, click Customize... button.

Customize Count Units window will be displayed. Click New button, to create new count unit. You can also edit existing count units by clicking Edit button.

All count units (pages, lines) are derived from three basic atomic values:

Example

You need to count text according to Belgium count standard, which is 60 characters per page. There is no such default unit, so you will need to create a new unit for Belgium lines:

See also:

Selecting Files

Adjusting Count Settings

Using Count Results