From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:03:35 -0400, William Vetter   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Jymesion wrote:   
   >>> 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   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > The only ways I can see that it differs is you're assuming each line   
   > is full rather than counting an average line (not a big deal), and it   
   > misses the empty 1/2 page or so at the end of each chapter (again, not   
   > a big deal).   
   >   
   > One reason I never took to Word is that every version I tried wouldn't   
   > always put the same number of lines on a page. Rather than a strict   
   > 25, it varied from 24 to 27, which screwed up my word count.   
      
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