I have a text that has to be reduced considerably in extent while it is being edited; I also have to use the change-tracking feature (Openoffice 3.2, Ubuntu 9.10). I was disheartened to discover that, after cutting unmercifully, the text seemed to be no shorter.
The thought then occurred that the word count might be including the deleted words, and this in fact seems to be what is happening. I can establish the correct figure by saving a copy as plain text (.txt), confirming that there is no hidden text, and then I consistently get a lower figure. I later discovered that in the Openoffice document if I select the whole text and do a word count, the count for the selection sometimes––but not always––gives the correct (lower) figure, while the main count does not. Is this a known fault? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
