Summarize the following:
Click on the beginning of the sentence, paragraph or section of text for which you want a word count. Drag your cursor to the end of the text section, which should now be highlighted in blue. Select the Tools menu at the top center of the document window. Select Word Count from the Tools menu dropdown. A box displaying the number of words, characters, lines, pages and paragraphs will appear on the screen. The word count for a selected portion of text will usually be displayed in the bottom bar of your document.
Place your cursor at the beginning of the text you wish to count. Highlight the section of text. Click on the Tools menu. Click on Word Count.