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How To Check How Many Words You Have on Google Docs

To check word count on google docs, open the document you want to check and do the following.

Click on Tools, then Word count.

A popup window appears, as shown in the following image.

It shows the number of words in your document, as well as other information such as Page and Character count.

If you activate the Display word count while typing checkbox, it will display the word count as you type.

The Word count appears at the bottom left corner of the screen.

The keyboard shortcut to check word count is Ctrl+Shift+C (Command+Shift+C on mac).

Find Word Count on Specific Paragraph or Text

If you want to get the word count on a specific paragraph or text, highlight the text you want to count, then go to the Tools menu and click Word count.