![]() ![]() Note that where highlighted text was part of a sentence, it leaves behind a tch of highlighting (a yellow bar). Your document should now look similar to this: Your Find What box should now look like this with a line for Format beneath the box:Ĭlick inside the Replace With box to select it. This Format > Highlight option toggles between three states: Highlight, Not Highlight, and null/blank/don’t care. Open the Replace dialogue box (CTRL+H on Windows, else CTRL/CMD+F and choose the Replace tab).Ĭlick inside the Find What box to select it.Ĭlick on the More> button to expand the options.Īt the bottom of the expanded options, click on the Format button. 2) Find & Replace All Highlights (Remove Highlighted Text) Save a copy, marked as “backstory highlights” or some such. Do you have lots of highlights? Are they evenly distributed, or do they form big clumps or pools? This is a good way to get a feel for how your backstory has been distributed. Zoom out (hold mouse button and use scroll button is quickest), and see what your document looks like as a whole. (Word can’t differentiate between colors.) Do an Eyeball Check The color you choose doesn’t matter, but you can only use one color for this exercise. In MS Word the highlight button looks like this: Read through your document, and every time you encounter backstory–a reference to things that happened prior to the start of the story–highlight it. So here’s how I make use of this function to go hunting for backstory. Thanks to this article by Abigail Hilton, I learned that MS Word CAN in fact find text that is highlighted! But once you’ve done so in a word processor, what else can you do with it? And sure, you can highlight on paper, or you can highlight on screen. Thanks to Margie Lawson and her EDITS system, I appreciate the importance of highlighting. Early backstory slows the pace right as readers are looking to dig into your story, not get bogged down with what already happened. Or subscribe directly on tinyletter.I recently went on a hunt for unnecessary backstory in my first 50 pages. Subscribe to new posts? E-mail: Yes, subscribe me! She loves data and coding, as well as teaching and sharing knowledge - oh, and sci-fi, coffee, chocolate, and cats □ Series They count words differently, though, so be aware! Make sure you use the one that is right for you □Ĭathrine Wilhelmsen is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, BimlHero Certified Expert, international speaker, author, blogger, organizer, and chronic volunteer. You can quickly count words in Notepad++ by using the built-in Summary feature or by using the TextFX Word Count feature. This is because Notepad++ and TextFX counts hyphenated words differently: This is 4 fewer words than the Summary reported. However, if we select all the text, we see that we have 282 words. This time, we see that we have 90 words selected: ![]() Click TextFX → TextFX Tools → Word Count: This only works if you have text selected. The alternative way of counting words is to use the TextFX plugin. We can only see the total words in the Summary box, not the selected words. In the Summary, we see that we still have 286 words, despite having selected text. In this example, we have highlighted the first paragraph: You can also open the Summary by double-clicking on Length / Lines in the Status Bar. In the Summary, we see that we have 286 words: Notepad++ counts hyphenated words as two words, while TextFX counts hyphenated words as one word.įun fact: TextFX and Microsoft Word counts words the same way. More importantly, Notepad++ and TextFX counts words differently. ![]() It shows you how many words and characters are in your selection. It only works when you have text selected. The TextFX Word Count shows the total and selected word count. If you have text selected, it shows you how many characters you have selected, but not how many words are in your selection. The Notepad++ Summary only shows the total word count, not the selected word count. Double-click on Length / Lines on the Status Bar ( shortcut to Summary).If you are using the TextFX plugin you can use the Word Count feature: If you have no plugins installed, you can use the built-in Summary feature. They count words differently, though, so be aware! Make sure you use the one that is right for you □ Word Count in Notepad++ For example, what is the document length and total word count? You can do this by using a built-in feature or by using the TextFX plugin. In Notepad++, you can quickly find information about your text. ![]()
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