Sometimes when we are working on an essay, working paper, research article or any similar project, we have a requirement on the number of words we should use in the text. These requirements are implemented for many reasons. The first is to ensure that the written project is of good quality. If it is too short, it means that not many concepts are covered, or that they are covered superficially. On the other hand, having a very long document can mean that we missed a point and wrote things too generally.
While you type in the Microsoft Word processor, you can always see how many words there are currently in the document by looking at the bottom, as you can see in the image.
You can always go to Review – Word Count option to count the number of pages, words or characters in the document. You can count the number of words in a selection or in the whole document.
If you want to convert the number of words into a number of pages before you start writing, you can do that too. That way you’ll get a clearer picture of how much work you will have.
We found a pretty good tool to help you see how many pages will be needed for a certain number of words of a specific font, size and spacing.
This is the website: http://www.wordstopages.com/
It is really easy to use: simply type in the number of words, and you will get the number of pages required for that word count.
