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Field codes: NumChars field
 

{ NUMCHARS }

Inserts the number of characters in the document, using information from the Statistics tab in the Properties dialog box (File menu).

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The = (Formula) field { = { NUMCHARS } / { NUMWORDS } } calculates average word length by dividing the number of characters by the number of words.

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