Characters- these are any letters, signs, numbers, spaces, punctuation marks and ending symbols text paragraph. Presented on the Internet a large number of various text editors and programs designed to count the number of characters in a given text. Most often, a text editor is used to count characters in text. Microsoft Word, which has already been time-tested and loved by many.
Number of characters in the text.
Number of characters in text can be determined using the Word text editor, the user needs to print or copy the finished text in an open blank page editor.
To type text, you need to place the cursor before the first character of further text. Then, among the tools, find and use “Statistics” in the Word editor. This tool is best suited for carrying out such calculations.
Number of characters per line.
Number of characters per line can be determined using various online services, as well as using the "strlen" function, which allows you to count the number of characters in a string.
Syntax
- strlen($str)
- str — string
Result:
If the count is successful, the number of characters is returned, otherwise 0.
Example
Number of characters in the word “Chord”
- $str = "Hello";
- echo strlen ($str);
Number of characters in the line “Hello. How are you"
- $str = "Hello. How are you";
- $len = strlen ($str);
- echo $len;
- // 16
Number of letters in the line “Hello. How are you"
- $str = "Hello. How are you";
- $str = str_replace(" ", "", $str);
- echo strlen ($str);
- // 14
How to count the number of characters.
- The text is typed or copied into the Word 2007 editor;
- The cursor is placed before the first character of the text;
- Then you need to find the status bar;
- By pressing the left mouse button, the “Number of words” option opens (indicated by the number 1 in the figure), after which the “Statistics” window pops up. This window indicates the number of characters (without spaces) - 2.304 and with spaces - 2.651.
For your information. If a text of 2000 characters is required, but is not specified with or without spaces, then by default this means “with spaces”.
If in Word 2007 if there is a status bar, but it does not have the “Number of Words” option, then to count the number of characters you need to do the following. Right-click on an empty space in the status bar. For example, in the area of number 2 in the figure. A window appears called “Status Bar Settings”:
In the window that appears, opposite the “Number of words” option (indicated by the number 2), you must check the box. The count option will then appear in Word's status bar.
For determining the number of characters in Word 2003 You need to open the “Service” function in the top panel of Word by single-clicking the left mouse button.
A window will open in which you should select the “Statistics” sub-item. After clicking on this sub-item once, a small “Statistics” window should appear, in which all the necessary statistical information about the text will be presented.
The figure provides information about number of pages, words, characters(without spaces and with spaces), paragraphs and lines:
Count the number of characters in a piece of text.
Sometimes required count the number of characters not in the entire text, but only in a certain part of it. To do this, you need to select that part of the text in which you need to determine the number of characters. Then use the "Statistics" window to determine the number of characters. That is, counting characters in part of the text is no different from counting characters in the whole text.
Number of characters online.
Number of characters online best considered different online services. They are also quite quickly capable count the number of characters in text. For example, the text.ru service, which is both an article exchange and a service for checking the uniqueness of texts.
IN search engine you need to find the website Text.ru. On home page You should insert your text into the form provided. The information field is located in the lower left corner of this form. After clicking on the "Check Text" button, the system will provide all the necessary information.
If earlier when working with texts the main unit of measurement was one sheet, now it is one character. A sign or symbol refers to letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and spaces. There are two types of counting - counting the number of characters with spaces and the number of characters without spaces.
How to count the number of characters in a text in three simple ways
1. Visual method, when the number of characters can be determined “by eye”, approximately. It is enough to count the number of characters in one line and the number of lines on a sheet. Then you need to multiply these two numbers and get the result.
For reference: on a Microsoft Word page with standard font and indentation settings, there are about 60 characters with spaces and up to 50 lines per line. But this will be an approximate figure.
How to count the number of characters in text using Word
2. If you work with Microsoft Word, you can use the special character counting function that is in the menu. How to do it?
— select or paste the desired fragment;
- find “Number of words” in the bottom line, click;
— in the “Statistics” window that opens, look at the necessary information.
— select or paste the desired piece of text;
— click “Service” in the top menu bar;
— go to the “Statistics” section;
— obtain a quantitative analysis of the fragment.
How to count the number of characters in a text online
3. There are a lot of sites on the Internet where you can check spelling and the number of characters in the text. Such sites are called “counting tables”. For example, to work with texts you can use: simvoli.net, text.ru, vipkontent.ru. All these sites do not require mandatory registration.
— go to one of the proposed sites (I use the site simvoli.net) or type in a search engine: “how to count the number of characters in a text”;
— paste previously copied text in which you need to count the characters;
— analyze the information received.
In order to attract more users, each “reader” offers its own list of additional services.
So on the site vipkontent.ru, in addition to the standard counting of characters, there is also a counting of commas, spaces and paragraphs. On the website simvoli.net you can do calculations plus text analysis. And text.ru has a high-quality check for uniqueness and SEO analysis.
It may seem that the above information is needed by a limited circle of people. But that's not true. Counting characters in text is performed frequently, starting with school essays and institute coursework, ending with the publication of books and newspapers. This method is also widely used for working on the Internet. One character is a unit for calculating the cost of a text document. Even a common person V Everyday life Faces this challenge by placing an ad in a newspaper or leaving a comment on a website.
The tool counts the number of characters and characters in the text. Character counting can be done both in plain text and with HTML tags. The results display the number of characters with spaces, without spaces, and the number of words. The tool also contains a very convenient text cost calculation feature.
Number of characters online
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- Characters
- Total characters:
- Characters without spaces (zbp):
- Word count:
- Punctuation marks:
- Additional properties
- Original text size:
- Number of spaces:
- Extra spaces:
- Line translations:
- Content cost calculation
- Price:
- 0.00 rub.
- Price:
- (0 characters) 0.00 rub.
(0 characters without spaces)
Below are descriptions of all the fields and values that are used when counting characters and characters in text. It is also indicated how each such value is calculated.
Total characters
All characters in the text are counted. Everything is taken into account and counted - letters, numbers, punctuation marks, as well as spaces. The total number of characters in the text is displayed.
Number of characters without spaces (zbp) All characters and characters in the text are counted, with the exception of spaces. All spaces are excluded from the calculation and are not counted in. this result This value
very often used when calculating or indicating the cost of articles per 1000 characters without spaces (ZBP).
Word count
All found words in the text are counted and displayed.
Punctuation marks
Punctuation marks are considered separately. The counting is based on the most common punctuation marks. , : ; ! ? ... , slash \ | / ⁄ , brackets () () ⟨⟩, dash - ‒ – - ―, quotation marks " " ` „ “ “ “ “ “ “ ‘ ’ .
Below is a description of all the additional properties of the text, such as the original text size, how many spaces there are in the text, and extra spaces. It is described how all these values are calculated.
The raw text size contains the length of the raw text, which may contain service characters such as tab, linefeed, carriage return, and other characters that should not be counted in the text count. Web browsers do not display such symbols and are not visible on the site page.
Number of spaces
Counts all spaces in the text, sums up the number of all spaces found and the resulting value is displayed in this field.
Extra spaces
Extra spaces are double spaces one after the other, the number of which can be two or more. All such spaces are considered unnecessary and should not be present in the text. Extra spaces also include spaces that appear before or after a paragraph, as well as on blank lines.
Count HTML tags
Additional option. By default, if the text contains HTML tags, they are ignored and not taken into account when counting the text, thus resulting in a character count of pure text, without HTML tags. This option is very useful, use it if you need to count text, including html markup.
Content cost calculation
This function will be interesting and useful to many journalists, copywriters and rewriters who write articles and texts to order. This function allows you to calculate the cost of text, indicate the cost per 1000 characters and enter the currency. The data is automatically calculated and immediately displayed, which allows you to instantly see the total cost of the entire text or article.
Do punctuation marks count when counting characters?
Yes, they count. Periods, commas, dashes, exclamation marks, question marks and other marks are counted when counting characters in the text. Suppose you need to add a site to the directory by coming up with a title that is only 80 characters long, and if this title contains punctuation marks, they will also be counted as characters. Space is also a punctuation mark and is also counted.
Copywriters in most cases indicate the cost of text per number of characters without spaces (ZBP) in favor of the customer, but all other characters are counted and taken into account. The remaining characters are not excluded because their number has little effect on the final cost of the text.
One day we received this letter from a novice copywriter:
Hello! I recently learned about copywriting and decided to try my hand at it. And while communicating with one of my potential clients, I fell into a stupor from his the following questions: “Well, how much do you want per kilo? How much does a kilosign of text cost? What is the price per thousand characters? Can you tell me the price for a thousand characters without spaces of the rewrite?” I can’t understand what he wants from me? Are articles sold by the kilogram? If so, how to weigh them?
Experienced wordsmiths were probably smiling now. Of course, they understand what we are talking about. But what about beginners who can only intuitively try to understand this tricky slang of optimizers? This is what we will now try to help.
What did the optimizer ask the copywriter?
So, first of all, let’s figure out what the optimizer asked the novice copywriter about, and whether texts are really sold by weight.
No, of course, texts are not sold by weight (by at least, not for sale yet). The most common way to estimate the cost of a copywriter’s work is to count the total number of characters (symbols) in the text without spaces and pay the agreed price per 1000 characters.
Price per kilo? Price per kilo? Cost of a thousand characters of text? How much is a thousand characters worth? - all these questions are asked with the goal of getting an answer from the copywriter about his prices for writing text of a thousand characters without spaces.
How to calculate the cost of a text?
For example, a copywriter wrote a text that consists of 2450 characters without spaces. Well, let’s say that the cost of 1000 characters without spaces is $2. To calculate the price of a written article, we must divide the total number of characters by 1000 and multiply by the price (in our case, by $2):
2450 / 1000 * 2 = 4,9$
From the example above, we see that the text written by a copywriter will cost $4.9. And there would be nothing complicated here if not for one question: How to calculate this very number of characters without spaces?
Use online services. On the Internet you can find many different online services for counting the number of characters in texts. But are they convenient to use? We think not. There are at least two reasons for this:
- 1. You have to make extra “body movements”. A copywriter writes an article (most often in Microsoft program Word). And so, in order to check the number of characters through the online service, he must copy all the text from Word and paste it into the window on the service’s website, then click the “check” button and wait a while until the page is reloaded and the service displays the result. We believe that in our age of cybernetics and high technology, this useless waste of one’s time is simply unacceptable.
- 2. What to do if the Internet is turned off? A trivial situation: a thunderstorm passed, the equipment of the Internet provider could not withstand the overload and broke down. The copywriter calmly finishes his article while offline. And now he needs to count the number of characters in the text, but, alas, the service is unavailable.
There are many more reasons that speak against online services for counting the number of characters in texts, but we probably won’t waste time describing them. And it’s so clear that this method is not a very good solution.
Install special programs. You can find many special free programs, which have a function for counting the number of characters in the text. Here you are no longer afraid of an Internet shutdown, but you still have to make unnecessary movements. In addition, we believe that it is unwise to install additional software on your computer just to be able to count the number of characters in an article.
How to be? Is there a convenient way to count the number of characters?
Of course it exists! And we will tell you about it now.
The most convenient and effective way to count the number of characters in an article
Counting the number of characters in text using Microsoft Word 2007. If you use this particular version of Word, then to count the number of characters you need to do the following:
- Go to the “Review” tab, which is located in the top horizontal menu.
- Find the statistics calculation button in the leftmost block. This is a white square with the numbers “1,2,3” written inside it, and above this square are the letters “ABC”.
- Click on this button, and a plate with statistics of your text appears in front of you.
By the way, you will receive not only information about the number of characters without spaces. Word provides data on the number of words, lines, pages, paragraphs, and characters with spaces in the text. For clarity, we have prepared the following picture for you:
Another interesting point– you can get information both on the entire article and on its individual fragment. To do this, you simply need to select the desired section of text with the mouse cursor and click on the statistics calculation button, as shown in the figure:
Counting the number of characters in text using Microsoft Word 2003. If you could not find in your interface Word programs tabs and menus that are shown in the pictures above, then most likely you are using old version program - Microsoft Word 2003. We hasten to reassure you right away - this version is also capable of producing the same statistics. To do this you need:
- Go to the “Service” tab, which is located in the top horizontal menu of the program.
- From the drop-down list, select “Statistics”.
- Click on this item with the left mouse button and enjoy the result.
With the help of such simple steps, you can quickly and efficiently obtain data on the number of characters without spaces in the article you wrote. The advantages of this method are obvious:
- 1. A minimum of “body movements” - you don’t need to copy the text and paste it somewhere.
- 2. No need to install additional software.
- 3. No internet access required.
Agree, it is really convenient and comfortable! The Textodrom team wishes you success in mastering the intricacies of the copywriting profession. We hope our publications help you quickly find answers to all your questions.
When working in the MS Word text editor, the user needs to find out the number of characters in Word. IN Word document contains a certain number of characters (symbols).
Many users at work and at home use the Word text editor on their computers, which is included in the application Microsoft Office. After creating a document in a word processor, I needed to find out the number of characters in Word. To do this, you can use third-party services, but this is not always convenient, especially since it is possible to automatically count the number of characters in the text in the Microsoft Word editor itself.
There may be different reasons for finding out how many characters (characters) are in the text:
- Some services have a limited number of characters to enter into forms feedback;
- there are restrictions on text size, measured in the number of characters;
- The remuneration for the written text depends on the number of characters.
In the first case, in feedback forms government agencies or other organizations, there is often a restriction on a certain number of characters that can be entered when accessing the service. If the limit is exceeded, the extra text is not displayed in the form field. Therefore, it makes sense to prepare in advance the necessary text of a suitable size that fits into the restrictions in the Word editor, and then insert the finished text into the application form.
In other situations, there are restrictions on minimum size, for example, you need a text of no more than 500 characters, or, conversely, there are restrictions on maximum size text up to a certain number of characters.
When writing texts to order, for example, for sites on the Internet (on most sites, published articles are written to order by other people, and not by the owner of the resource), the technical specifications put forward certain requirements for the number of characters in the future article. The amount of payment to the author of the text depends on this parameter.
Therefore, users often have a question about how to count the number of characters in Word. In Microsoft Word, the user can see the total number of characters in the entire Word document, or the number of characters in a single selected piece of text.
Please note some points:
- Select the desired piece of text to count the number of characters. To highlight individual blocks of text located in different places document, press the Ctrl key on your keyboard, and then select non-adjacent pieces of text in the Word document.
- To find out the total number of characters in Word (in the entire document), you do not need to select anything. By default, the program will automatically calculate the entire text of the document.
How to find out the number of characters in Word 2016
- Open Microsoft Word 2016, enter the desired text.
- In the lower left corner of the program window, the status bar displays information about the number of words in this document(this setting is enabled by default). Click on the “Number of words” value with the left mouse button.
- The “Statistics” window will open, which will display complete information about the contents of the Word document:
- number of pages;
- number of words;
- number of characters (without spaces);
- number of characters (with spaces);
- number of paragraphs;
- number of lines.
The Consider captions and footnotes option takes into account all text in the document. Without activating this setting, only the main text of the document will be taken into account.
The number of characters without spaces corresponds to the total number of characters in the document text.
2 way to find out the number of characters in a Word 2016 document: in the Word 2016 program window, open the “Review” tab, select the “Statistics” option.
How to determine the number of characters of selected text in Word 2016
In Word 2016, use two methods to count the number of characters in a selection.
- Select a piece of text in a Word 2016 document.
- The Number of Words value will display two numbers separated by a slash. The first number shows the number of selected words, the second number corresponds to the total number of words in the document text.
- Left-click on the “Number of words” value, in the “Statistics” window you will see everything statistical characteristics selected fragment.
Method 2: after selecting the desired fragment in the text of Word 2016, open the “Review” tab, select “Statistics”.
How to count the number of characters in Word 2013
In the Microsoft Word 2013 text editor, after typing or pasting text from another source, follow these steps (1 method):
- In the lower left corner of the application window, left-click on the “Number of Words” value located in the status bar.
- In the “Statistics” window that opens, you will see the calculation result. The statistics parameter number “Characters (without spaces)” has the same meaning as the number of characters in the Word text.
2nd way to find out the number of characters in Word 2013: select the text, go to the “Review” tab, click on the “Statistics” option.
How to count the number of characters in a selected fragment of a Word 2013 document
1 way to view the statistics of a selected piece of text in Word 2013:
- Left-click on the Word Count value on the status bar.
- In the “Statistics” window, data on the number of characters in the selected fragment of the Microsoft Word document will open.
Method 2 to obtain information about the number of characters in a selected fragment: select a fragment of the document, go to the “Review” tab, click on the “Statistics” item.
How to count the number of characters in Word 2010
In Word 2010 text editor, do the following (method 1):
- IN open document Word 2010, in the status bar, left-click on the “Number of words” value.
- In the “Statistics” window, the number of characters without spaces corresponds to the number of characters in the document text.
2nd way to view statistics in Microsoft Word 2010: in the program window, go to the “Review” tab, and then click on the “Statistics” icon.
How to find out the number of characters in selected text in Word 2010
To find out the number of characters in a selected fragment of a Word 2010 document, do the following:
- Select the desired piece of text.
- Click on the “Number of words” value (the number of words in the selected text and the total number of words in the text will be displayed here).
- The “Statistics” window will open all statistical data about the selected text.
How to find out the number of characters in Word 2007
1 way to determine the number of characters in Word 2007:
- In an open Word 2007 document, move the mouse cursor to the status bar, and then left-click on the “Number of Words” value.
- In the open “Statistics” window, complete statistical information about this text will appear.
The number of characters without spaces corresponds to the number of characters in a Word 2007 document.
Method 2: in a Word 2007 document, open the “Review” tab, and then click on the “Statistics” icon (in the upper left corner of the program window).
How to see the number of characters in a selection in Word 2007
In Microsoft Word 2007, open a document, and then do the following (method 1):
- Select a piece of text.
- Left-click in the status area on the “Number of words” value (the first digit takes into account the number of words in the selected fragment).
- The “Statistics” window will display all the data for the selected text fragment.
- Select the desired fragment in the document.
- Open the "Review" tab, select the "Statistics" option.
How to count the number of characters in text in Word 2003
In Microsoft Word 2003, to obtain information about the number of characters in the text of a document, do the following:
- Enter the “Tools” menu, select “Statistics...” in the context menu.
- The Statistics window will display reference data for this document.
If you click on the “Panel” button, a panel window will open in which the user can see the number of words in the document.
How to count characters in a selection in a Word 2003 document
To view data on the number of characters in a selected fragment of a Word 2003 document, do the following:
- Select the desired section of text in the document.
- In the “Service” menu, click on the “Statistics...” item.
How to find out the number of characters in a Word document of any version
There is a very simple way to find out how many characters are contained in a Word document of any version of MS Word:
- Press the keyboard keys simultaneously: “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “G”.
- The Statistics window will open with complete information according to the text of the document.
Select the desired fragment, and then press the keyboard keys to obtain statistics about the selected text fragment.
Conclusions of the article
To obtain information about the number of characters (characters) in a Word document of different versions of the program, there are several ways to display statistics. The user can obtain data for the entire Word document, or only for a selected fragment of text.
