How do I get a word count of a draft e-mail in Apple mail? There has to
be a way.

In article
<1163549549.143986.20270@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
nickravo1@gmail.com wrote:

One way is to paste into a word processor that you know has one
(like Clarisworks 4! Or NeoOffice... in the latter it is a
command, in the former, it is part of the spell check box if I
recall)

dorayme wrote:

A neater option would be to download WordService from Devon Technologies:
http://www.devon-technologies.com/files/WordService.tgz

Once installed, it can be used from any Cocoa app (which includes Mail),
and its many functions include a word count of the currently selected text.

nickravo1@gmail.com wrote:

Apple-a, Apple-c
Apple-Tab to BBEdit (or equivalent)
Get Info (or equivalent)

Or... construct the email in BBEdit first, and only move to Mail when
you wish to send.

Or... if you find yourself doing this from Mail a lot, a small
AppleScript or service would be just the ticket.

Or... if you normally have Terminal open, "pbpaste | wc" will give the
info you require for whatever is on the clipboard. That way it doesn't
matter what app you're in, you just Apple-a, Apple-c, Apple-Tab to
Terminal, type "pbpaste | wc" or your short alias, and voila!

In article reader01.news.esat.net>,
Calum wrote:

In article
news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
dorayme optusnet.com.au> wrote:

dorayme wrote:

The WordService.tgz download contains the Statistics service. Anything
else on your Services menu was there beforehand.