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DavidSweeneyBear
DavidSweeneyBear
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February 22, 2020
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Words per PAGE javascript

  • February 22, 2020
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Hi, I'm looking for a way to calculate how may words are on each page of a pdf rather than the whole document.

Does anyone know if getPageNumWords could be used to do this?

The query would need to recognize the position of the cursor in order to define the "current page" - is that possible?

Many thanks.

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Correct answer try67

Use this:

 

var numWords = this.getPageNumWords(this.pageNum);
app.alert("There are " + numWords + " words in this page.", 3);

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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February 23, 2020

My free abracadabraTools adds a Word Counter item in Acrobat's Edit menu:

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

 

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
DavidSweeneyBear
DavidSweeneyBearAuthor
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February 23, 2020

sorry, but the document word count returns "0" and the page word count does nothing.

<br>~ David Sweeney-Bear ~
DavidSweeneyBear
DavidSweeneyBearAuthor
Inspiring
February 23, 2020

This does the job in console.... I'm just wondering how I might get it to output to a popup window, something like:

app.alert("There are " x " words in this page.");

Sorry - I really don't understand Javascript at all!

<br>~ David Sweeney-Bear ~
try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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February 23, 2020

Use this:

 

var numWords = this.getPageNumWords(this.pageNum);
app.alert("There are " + numWords + " words in this page.", 3);

    DavidSweeneyBear
    DavidSweeneyBearAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 23, 2020

    thanks so much... works like a charm 🙂

    <br>~ David Sweeney-Bear ~
    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    February 22, 2020

    That's exactly what this function does. Use this code to retrieve the number of words in the current page (the one being viewed, not necessarily where the cursor is located):

    this.getPageNumWords(this.pageNum)

      DavidSweeneyBear
      DavidSweeneyBearAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 23, 2020

      Brilliant, thanks a mill!

      <br>~ David Sweeney-Bear ~
      DavidSweeneyBear
      DavidSweeneyBearAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 22, 2020

      ... or if not the position of the cursor then some other way of recognizing the individual page to do the calculation for.

      <br>~ David Sweeney-Bear ~
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