Re: [libreoffice-users] word count in impress

Toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/03/2017 07:46 AM, Krunose wrote:
> > And yes, seams something wrong with word count of html documents
> > opened in Writer. My test document has 62 words. Saved it as html,
> > opened it in Writer, counter says 70. But when I count by hand - still
> > 62 words on screen.
>
> This gets into what constitutes a word. Definitions here are crucial. In
> your example, you gave both 62 and 70 as options. * If the 70 is based
> upon a printer's word, then there are 84 words, as counted by typists; *
> If the 70 is based upon a typist's word, then there are 58 words, as
> counted by printers; * If the 70 is based upon one of the other
> definitions of a word, then there are at least two more equally
> legitimate values that _accurately_ state the number of words in the
> text;
>
> Getting back to Thomas' issue. How does the contract in question define
> "word"?  Once that is known, then an explanation of how to accurately
> determine the number of words in the Impress file can be provided.

When I learnt touch typing, way back in the '60s,  the average word was
deemed to be five keystrokes, e.g. the word "thaw+hittingn the spacebar"
counted as a word for  determining "words per minute typed. And, of
course, a word such as "costumier+spacebar" would count as two words, etc.

Zed 


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