Affinity Publisher can optionally display a count of the number of words, characters, paragraphs or lines in the current document or selection.
Document statistics can be helpful when commissioning writers to ensure they provide a suitable amount of text, e.g. for magazine and newspaper articles.
When shown, the count is located in the status bar, between the preflight status indicator and the hintline.
The count persistently displays one of five units of measurement: words, characters, characters including spaces, lines or paragraphs.
The value changes according to your current selection:
The count updates soon after you stop typing.
The count may display a second value in brackets. This value is the amount of overset text in the selection (including unselected frames linked to it), or in the whole document (if nothing is selected).
At any time, click the count to see the value in all available units. Press the or click away from the pop-up menu to close the menu without selecting a different unit.