Notepad++ Word Count
Notepad++ has got to be one of my favorite apps out there. Lightweight and powerful, once I got comfortable with it’s behavior I got rid of both Macromedia Homesite and Microsoft Word. The only feature that I’ve been missing was the word and character counter that is so readily available in Word.
Little did I know, that feature was there all along… just very well hidden. What you have to do to count your words:
1 Highlight the text that you want counted.
2 Select TextFX from the menu bar.
3 Select TextFX Tools
4 Select Word Count
Not as easy as word makes it, but it will do.
February 25, 2010 at 9:04 am
Options->Keyboard->Plugin commands->167
(e.g. Shift+F12)
March 23, 2010 at 7:30 am
Thanks Steve. That shortcut is going to come in handy.
March 22, 2010 at 9:27 pm
fyi, the character count is in the lower left just under the document pane as well.
March 23, 2010 at 7:30 am
Thanks for tip Paul. I had seen that there before. I wish that they would include a word count, but beggars can’t be choosers.
March 24, 2011 at 3:55 pm
There is a word count. Double click the character count in the lower left and it will give you a pop up window with the word count of the page also.
December 11, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I worked out how to create a shortcut for it:
1. Settings->Shortcut Mapper
2. Plugin Commands
3. Find T:Word Count (188 on my machine)
4. Select, right click, Modify
5. Choose your shortcut key
August 7, 2011 at 3:13 am
thanks for your post, paul. this is what I’m looking for! you save my time
August 20, 2011 at 8:50 am
Glad I could help! Thanks for the comment!
September 10, 2011 at 9:50 am
Another one just dropping by to thank you! I’m using Ubuntu and running Notepad++ under Wine because it really does seem to be the best tool for writing my dissertation, and this has just made my life so much easier. Thanks too to the helpful commenters, hooray for keyboard shortcuts! That’s made my day. (I’m doing a dissertation, it doesn’t take anything terribly complex to please me at the moment!)
September 11, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Well thanks for the comment! I’m glad this little bit of information is helping people out.
September 22, 2011 at 7:07 pm
NO WAY!!! I was always looking for that word count on Notepad++. I can’t believe it was just a click away on the bottom left corner. Thanks Paul and Cody for the info.