As you write in Microsoft Word, your word count appears in the status bar at the bottom. This number increases and decreases in real-time to reflect the current amount of content you’ve written.

Word already displays the number of words in a document in its status bar for all versions. This number appears at the bottom, second to the right after the number of pages in the document. If you ...

How to Increment a Counter in Word. Microsoft Word includes fields that enable customized data insertion, including Word Count, Page Count and Sequence, which is used to create incremental counters.

Left-click Word Count, hold it, and drag it up to any desirable spot on any of Word’s toolbars. If you’re not happy with the spot, just drag the new button somewhere else. Click the Close button.