Word Count Test
AnyCount vs. MS Word
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Download this test DOC file along with the XLS file linked with it, and count the DOC file with MS Word first, than with AnyCount. Results will most likely differ. Why?
Check DOC, DOCX, RTF, WPD settings of AnyCount and see which of the elements have not been included in regular Word counts.
Below you can find a comparison of text count accuracy in Microsoft® Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, and AnyCount OCR+®. The comparison has been made to determine which file and text elements are and are not included in text count results produced by AnyCount OCR+® and Microsoft® Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 applications after each of them has been used for counting the same file. Text counts in Microsoft® Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 were obtained the following way:
Microsoft® Word 97, 2000 and 2003: On the Tools menu click the Word Count item for all file formats which can be opened with Microsoft® Word 2003. These file formats are DOC, RTF, WPD, and TXT.
Microsoft® Word 2007 and Microsoft® Word 2010: In the Proofing group click the Review tab, then click Word Count, for all file formats which can be opened with Microsoft® Word 2007. These file formats are DOC, DOCX, RTF, WPD, and TXT. The table below displays results of text counts by AnyCount OCR+® and Microsoft® Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2010.
NO – indicates that the element is not included in text count results.
Object
AnyCount counts
MS Word 2000 counts
MS Word 2003 counts
MS Word 2007 counts
MS Word 2010 counts
Text
446
430
430
430
430
Text boxes
268
NO
NO
268
268
Shapes
25
NO
NO
NO
NO
WordArt
5
NO
NO
NO
5
Running headers
28
NO
NO
NO
NO
Running headers
24
NO
NO
NO
NO
FootNotes
34
NO
34
34
34
End Notes
19
NO
19
19
19
Embedded documents (i.e. XLS table embedded in DOC file)
126
NO
NO
NO
NO
Linked documents (i.e. XLS table linked with DOC file)
31
NO
NO
NO
NO
Comments
9
NO
NO
NO
NO
Hidden text
16
NO
NO
NO
NO
Total
1010
430
483
751
764
According to the obtained results, the difference between text count results is:
AnyCount OCR+ and Microsoft Word 2010: 246 words
AnyCount OCR+ and Microsoft Word 2007: 259 words
AnyCount OCR+ and Microsoft Word 2003: 527 words
AnyCount OCR+ and Microsoft Word 2000: 580 words
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