From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   (supersedes )   
      
   Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:38:34 +0100, "Raymond Daley"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Word count. This is where electronic is your friend as most word   
   >> processors have a word count. Round down to the nearest 10 words. Never   
   >> give an exact word count, always say 'about X words'.   
   >   
   > I've seen Editors explicitly state they don't want that. The old:   
   > characters in an average line x number of lines per page x number of   
   > pages / 6 gives them a much better idea of how much space the story   
   > will take.   
      
   How I do this in MS Word:   
   1) Make sure page width is 8.5" in Page Setup with 1" margins   
   2) Set font Courier New 12 or a similar 12pt not proportional-spaced   
   font   
   3) Take the number of lines from Word Count   
   4) Multiply this number by 10.3   
      
   This is the same as the ancient method of doing it with a ruler.   
      
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