Hi Mattias and Cedric, OOo issue #i89042 also has a test document that gives expected results over several selections. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n1845889/i89042_Word_count_with_quotes.odt i89042_Word_count_with_quotes.odt The issue *appears* to involve only leading special quotes according to that test and what I observe in OO3.2 with that test document. There is also this mention of an AutoCorrect effect being part of the miscount: ------- Additional comments from theandybarnes Tue Jan 12 23:08:06 +0000 2010 ------- Similar problem found in v3.1.1, with the start quote on words in inverted commas. These are the AutoCorrect -> Custom Quotes -> Single quotes -> Start quote -> U+2018 quotes. No problem with the non-AutoCorrected quotes. So, I suggest a test with and without auto correct. Also suggest a test with the leading quote at a position other than the first in para as in the test doc (at least one #i speaks of initial leading special quotes getting left out of actions on paras - but this patch may fix that too :-). The solution Mattias found is beyond my understanding of the break iterator and SwScanner but sure looks nice and tidy. I also don't know all the other functionality based on the scanner etc. so I wouldn't know how to test for fix/break. After a while spent reviewing some of the *many* related issue reports, I think similar tweaks may be needed for internationalization problems reported with the count. One report spoke of failure to count CKJ characters in compatibility mode and I see similar tokens a few entries down from the patch point. Hope this helps -- LeMoyne -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/PATCH-Fix-bug-where-an-opening-quote-mark-is-treated-as-a-word-tp1841260p1845889.html Sent from the Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.