WORD - Word Count

It would need to be done programatically after the document is complete. This VBA macro would do it.

Sub WordNumber()
    Dim i As Long
    Dim rng As Range
    
    Set rng = ActiveDocument.Range
    With rng.Find
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .Text = "<myword>"
        Do While .Execute
            i = i + 1
            rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
            rng.Text = " " & i
            rng.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End
        Loop
    End With
End Sub

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Hi t.,

When i want to find the number of times a specific word appears in a Word document, I simply replace the word with the same word and Word tells me how many of the word it changed.
 
It is much quicker to do than to write the explanation.

P.

Let me please clarify - what is requested is not a total word count - but to actually number the words in the document.

i.e.

Word, Word, Word

would become

Word1, Word2, Word3

Thank you

Thank you.