# Word Count Display Options

**URL:** <https://pressbooks.community/t/word-count-display-options/573>\
**Category:** Developer Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/word-count-display-options/573 "2018-06-18T21:16:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/steelwagstaff/32/1280_2.png) [@SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/u/SteelWagstaff)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/word-count-display-options/573/1 "2018-06-18T21:16:56Z")

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For the book itself, I know that we can now see an overall word count on the organize menu screen:

 ![23%20PM](https://pressbooks.community/uploads/default/original/1X/f170d25c5adfc8b7000fa5b9b0d63a0922817ab6.png)

For chapters, I know that we can see word counts at the bottom left of the visual edit view:

 ![26%20PM](https://pressbooks.community/uploads/default/original/1X/4d1856877d0a509f9e3491b275094aaac547d41b.png)

What I don’t know (but would like to), is if there’s anywhere that I can see at a single glance the comparative word count for all of the parts/chapters in my book. Instead of the sum of all words/words selected for export, is there a page view that would let me see the word counts for each of the chapters without having to open all chapters individually?

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**Author:** ![ned](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/ned/32/533_2.png) [@ned](https://pressbooks.community/u/ned)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/word-count-display-options/573/2 "2018-06-18T21:27:02Z")

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There is not a way to do this at present, but it would make a great [feature request](https://github.com/pressbooks/ideas)!

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**Author:** ![SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/steelwagstaff/32/1280_2.png) [@SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/u/SteelWagstaff)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/word-count-display-options/573/3 "2018-06-18T21:39:28Z")

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On it: [https://github.com/pressbooks/ideas/issues/97](https://github.com/pressbooks/ideas/issues/97)