If you need to know the total number of words in your Word document, look at the status bar at the bottom of the Word window.
If you don’t see the word count in the status bar, right-click the status bar, then and click Word Count.
Also you can see the number of words in Word Count dialog box.
The Word Count dialog box displays the number of pages, paragraphs, and lines in your document, and also the number of characters, either including or excluding spaces.
If you have Classic Menu for Microsoft Office:
On the Menus tab, click the Tools drop down menu and you will view the Word Count item.
If you don’t have Classic Menu for Office:
On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Word Count button:
