http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2011/04/14/roundup-where-is-word-count.aspxA lot of you made the switch to Word 2007 or Word 2010 and lost track of your favorite feature, Word Count. It's still there, in two places: The status bar in the lower-left corner of the screen. Word tracks the number of words in your document as youen-USTelligent Community 1.5.134.15456 (Build: 5.5.134.15456)