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Word counts for selected text

Highlight any passage and the editor toolbar now shows exactly how many words and characters you have selected, right beside the document word count. Handy for trimming a scene to length or checking a contest excerpt against its limit.

How to use it

Highlight any stretch of text in the editor with your mouse or keyboard.

Look at the right-hand side of the editor toolbar: next to the document total you will see "Selected:" with the exact word and character count of your highlight. Clear the selection and the counter disappears again.

The editor toolbar showing "14 words · 1 min read · Selected: 14 words, 71 chars" at the right-hand end.