How do I get a word count for a PDF doc or for a selected passage?

[d0nna6]

How do I get a word count for a PDF doc or for a selected passage?

[try67]

You need to create a custom Keystroke script, as that's the only one that is executed each time you type something into the field.

If you're interested I've already developed a tool that does just that: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- "Live" Characters and Words Counter

[Thom Parker]

You'll find scripts for counting words, letters, etc. here:

Calculating field values and more

As Try says, you'll need to use a custom keystroke event. This is tricky because event.value does not include the newly typed text, so you'll need to combine both event.value and event.change.

Here's how:

if(!event.willCommit)

{

  var nChars = event.selEnd - event.selStart;

  var aFull = event.value.split("");

  aFull.splice(event.selStart, nChars, event.change);

  var strFull = aFull.join("");

  var aWrds = strFull.split(/\s+/);

  ... rest of code ...

}

Using the regEx for the split catches multiple spaces, tabs, and line feeds

[JR Boulay]

"Word counter" is one of my free plugins for Acrobat:

https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/utilitaires/utilities-in-english/abracadabratools_en/