AKS Word Count - count words, characters and paragraphs in PDF, Word, Excel, HTML, Open Office, PowerPoint, RTF

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Translators and copyrighters work on a “per word or char” basis. It means that they have to calculate how many words or symbols they have written or translated in order to make out an invoice.

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With the increasing volumes of information it is becoming rather difficult to sort, summarize and edit files. In a new age of technology and the Internet transfer of information has become formality. Besides, IT technologies gave birth to a number of businesses that are run online. Internet age is a golden age for freelancers who may find jobs from any part of the world.

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Translators and copyrighters have become the engine of Internet based and online businesses. Some of them are taking small orders and translations, while others have to process tens and sometimes hundreds of text pages (in case of major translation agencies).

Supported formats:

• Adobe PDF
• MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Open Office files
• RTF files
• HTML web-pages

As known, translators and copyrighters usually work on a “per word or char” basis. It means that they have to calculate how many words or symbols they have written or translated in order to declare the price for their services and make out a bill or an invoice.

• Add files to AKS Word Count. The upper panel consists of such buttons as “calculate word count”, “add files”, “add directories”, “remove files” and “copy info to clipboard.” Names of these buttons speak for themselves. Add Directories function will surely save much time for copyrighters and translators working on large projects. There is no necessity to add documents file by file - AKS Word Count will do that for you. Besides, it is possible to drag files to the program interface or taskbar icon.

• Once all necessary files are added, the program automatically performs calculations. Full information is contained in File info panel. Here it is possible to learn such file details: chars with spaces, chars without spaces, words, lines and paragraphs. This is very convenient since different translators and copyrighters have different rates and systems for calculation: some of them charge their customers per word, some calculate lines etc. It is possible to copy this information to clipboard and then paste it to the translation report, e-mail, an invoice or any other reporting document.

• AKS Word Count has a very useful feature of previewing files. Sometimes translators or copyrighters want to perform word count only in certain files contained in the folder. It is not very convenient to manually open each file to make sure this is the document you have been looking for. With AKS Word Count it is possible to preview files by clicking on the file name in the main program window. Files are previewed in the bottom of the program interface. This feature definitely saves time when freelancers are dealing with great amount of information.

• Settings menu offers advanced features, such as active converters, additional file extensions, words or numbers to be ignored, update word count once new files are added etc. AKS Word Count can convert most popular file extensions such as pdf, word and excel documents, PowerPoint slides, HTML pages, open office files, rtf docs. It is also possible to add file extensions (for example, csv, pas and others). The point is that translators do not always use simple text editors, but can also work with programming files, programming languages codes etc.

• In AKS Word Count it is possible to ignore certain words or figures of which can also be useful feature. Sometimes translators are provided with partially translated texts, or texts after translation memory tools. Such ignoring feature will help perform a fair calculation. Sometimes customers refuse to pay for figures, which can also be ignored in AKS Word Count. Or how to calculate words in HTML code with text inclusions? AKS Word Count has the answer!

Such calculation process does not seem like a big problem if it concerns one or two documents. But what to do if the “translations” folder is full of files which may have various extensions? It is not very convenient to open each file and go to statistics menu, then take notes and use calculator to get total volume of translations or written texts.

This is where AKS Word Count software comes into play. This FREE program will do all the dull but still necessary work for you. Even if you are not quite experienced with PC and office programs you are unlikely to have any problems with AKS Word Count. Despite its simplicity, AKS Word Count is a very powerful utility that will not only perform calculations, but also surprise you with a set of useful features. Now, let’s make a short review of AKS Word Count.

Obviously, AKS Word Count is a very simple but powerful and reliable program. AKS Word Count is a great assistant for translators, copyrighters, journalists, freelance writers and all those who work with texts.