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Word Count in Published Word file
Hello Community!
I need to gather the word count for a Storyline course I'm creating. When I publish as a Word file, I'm able to get a total word count. Yet, is the count of my words in Notes, wo...
Highly recommend watching this short video: Word Count in Articulate Storyline: Quick & Easy Guide | BlinkSolve Tutorials
https://youtu.be/giK2KKpxEzI
It not only provides a clear step-by-step guide on how to get a word count for your project using Alec Martelle's method, but it also offers insights into what exactly is counted. This includes every 'Source Text' box, scene names, slide names, and more. Plus, for those who need a specific word count (like content on slides but excluding slide notes and menu items), the video offers an easy method to achieve this.
I checked this out and good to know. But would be too time consuming when I have 180 page word document for a module. But will keep it in mind for smaller modules. For this request I had I just needed an approximate and I think the slide names would have to be updated in the source file anyway to be included in any menu. But again thank you for sharing this as well. All of this came in handy today.
Hello Teresa -
It's been almost 4 years since I last updated HEROWORDCOUNT and I've learned a lot since then!
With that knowledge gain, I've made significant changes to not only get better results but also so it's faster while meaning less work to get word counts.
Rise Improvements
•Same process as before (you need to download the XLIFF files) but it's more accurate with word counting [likely will never be 100% accurate as not everything is presented in XLIFF files]
Storyline Improvements
•Faster and more accurate - No need for XLIFF files which limited accuracy and
added another step to get a word count
•No mental gymnastics - Presents the following so you don't have to work out what's there:
•Overall words used in course
•Slide Content
•Notes section
•Scene, Slide, and Layer NamesHEROWORDCOUNT is free and Teresa since you're already using the app, the next time you open it, you'll have the latest version - if it's not showing, just go to the Microsoft Store Library to request the update.
Others can find it here on the Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9ND6JRMKF74Q
