The Status Bar is located at the bottom of each Office application. Locate the section that says Proofing and click the Word Count option in it. Find the tab that says Review at the top and click it. Open your document in Word on your machine. If you don’t see the word count in the status bar, right-click the status bar and choose Word Count to display the word count. To turn on the word count on the status bar, right-click the status bar, and then click to select the Word Count check box. To do this, right-click the status bar, and then click to clear the Word Count check box. To work around this behavior, turn off the word count on the status bar. Why is my word count not working on word?
How do I show the status bar in Word 2007?.
