.... corrected formula: 60 * 28 * 20 / 5 = 6720 words
On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 10:42 AM Michael H <[email protected]> wrote: > In a 1980 typing class, a 'word' (as in WPM) was defined as 5 characters > typed without spelling errors. At the time that is how anyone paid by the > word got paid: Total characters divided by 5 - errors detected. = paid > words. And we used line length and lines per page to calculate total > characters, not actually counting them. That is, on a Pica typewriter: 60 > characters per row * 28 rows per page * 20 pages * 32 lines per page = > 33600 words. > > > On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 10:25 AM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris - >> >> Were your asterisks separated by spaces? My impression is that any >> character(s) delimited by white space will be counted as a word. >> >> - Robert >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Chris J. <[email protected]> >> Sent: March 25, 2023 11:00 >> To: lo user help <[email protected]> >> Cc: Chris Johnson <[email protected]> >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer word counts. >> >> I've known for a while now that LO Writer's words counts and MS Word >> counts are close but not the same. I was entering an asterisked scene >> break just now and noticed the word count increased by three. A little >> experimenting revealed that Writer counted three asterisks as words. >> This would account for some of the differing word counts between the >> two. I've noticed it happening in other areas I haven't narrowed down yet. >> >> >> What all exactly does LO Writer count as words? To a story writer words >> counts mean something. >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
