Hi there!
This guy has a working text edit word count thing here!
http://www.softcon.com/mac
You can download just the script or a whole text edit with that combined!
It is free!
Colin!
Qapla!
Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak

On 10 Feb 2011, at 17:37, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:

> 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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