In this article we will show you how to get word count on WordPad, WordPad is a text editor which is created by Microsoft. WordPad is free installed in almost all the versions of the Windows operating system.

In WordPad, users can easily edit and create a document with formatting and other punctuation features.

The users extensively used WordPad however WordPad does not include a very helpful feature- a word counter.

It means that there is no direct method to count the words of your document in WordPad in this situation you need to use another alternative method to get word count on WordPad.

In case you are looking for a solution on how to get word Count on WordPad, this article will discuss few alternative methods.

Step By Step Guide On How To Get Word Count On WordPad :-

Method 1 - Using Microsoft Word

It is one of the fastest methods to use Microsoft Word in order to count the words on WordPad.

1. Copy the content of the WordPad document by using the shortcut Control + c from the keyboard.

   

2. Open Microsoft Word on your PC.
3. Make sure you are logged into your Microsoft account.
4. Create a new blank document by clicking the option blank document placed at the top of the screen as shown in the picture given below.

   

5. Now you need to paste the content of the word for a document that you have earlier copied from WordPad. In order to do so Press control + V from your keyboard.
6. At the bottom of the page, you can see the number of words written in the WordPad document.
7. When you press the word count at the bottom, a pop-up box will appear on your screen Which displays the statistic of the document including word count, Pages, characters, paragraphs, and lines.

   

Method 2 - Using Google docs

Google Docs is one of the best online word count platforms for counting the words on WordPad. You need to simply copy the content from the WordPad and then paste it on Google Docs to know the exact number of words of your document on WordPad

1. Open Google Docs on your PC.
2. Create a new blank document.
3. Now you need to paste the content of the WordPad document by pressing Control + V from the keyboard.

   

4. The menu bar of Google Docs shows various tabs including file, edit, view, insert, format, tools, add-ons, and help.
5. Click the tool tab and tap the option word count.

   

6. A dialogue box will appear on your screen which will show the number of pages, words, characters of your document.

   

Conclusion :-

I hope this article on how to get word count on WordPad helps you in this article we covered an essential guide and the steps mentioned above are quite detailed and easy to follow.