> Something about the WC (word count) command has been bothering me ever since
> I started using XyWrite 4 (verson 4.015). According to the manual, "WC" will
> not count words in a footnote, unless you expand your screen. In reality,
> "WC" counts words in a footnote no matter how the screen is displayed. I have
> to change the <<FN to <<NT or <<LB, so that words in a footnote won't be
> counted.
>
> I do freelance writing, and some of the text has to be annotated for editors.
> But I need an exact word count of the body text, not the body text plus the
> footnote text. It's annoying not to be able to use the footnote command to
> make a footnote. Is this a bug? Is there a fix for this?
>
> Try counting words in this example. Xywrite will always tell you there are 10
> words, regardless of whether you are in draft or expanded mode. This doesn't
> make sense to me:
>
> This is a word count test. <<NT This is a note.>> <<LB This is a lable.>>
> <<FN This is a footnote.>>
Bob:
I will take a look at this and report back to you. If it is a bug it
is one we were not aware of.
In any event, thanks for the post.
Regards
Paul Leuba