Alternatively, you can use the Ctrl+Shift+C keyboard shortcut on Windows PC or Command+Shift+C on Mac. A pop-up window will appear. Here, you can see the total word count of the document.

Select "Tools" in the top bar and choose "Word Count" in the dropdown menu. You can also shortcut this by pressing "Command+Shift+C." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

In a new Canary channel test version of Windows 11, Microsoft has added the character count at the bottom much like Microsoft Word’s count of the number of words in a document. “When text is ...

Open your Google Doc in Google Chrome. Select Tools. Select Word Count. Alternatively, press Ctrl+Shift+C or, on an Apple device, Command+Shift+C. In Chrome on the web, the system offers the ...

If you’re working on a piece in Google Docs, you may need a word count to check just how long it is (or needs to be). Google Docs doesn’t make this obvious — there’s no native word counter ...