A simple applescript should do the trick...

tell document 1 of application "TextEdit"
        set wordcount to the (count of words) as text
        set charactercount to the (count of characters) as text
end tell
say wordcount & " words and " & charactercount & " characters"


 
On Feb 10, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to get the word or at least character count of text, in either 
> textedit and/or pages? It's getting annoying that I can't get this yet.
> 
> Aum namah Śivāya
> Brandon Olivares
> www.thefulleffect.org - Healing the Whole Person
> I help people to experience healing on all levels, and to choose a path that 
> is fulfilling for them.
> 
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