Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 118676
Double Quotes counted as words
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:43:09 UTC
The Word Count feature counts quotes around dialogue within writing as words. I believe the count happens only on Closing Double Quotes. This generates an inaccurate word count, which can be VERY significant in dialogue-heavy writing, and is problematic. Double Quotes should not be counted as words.
I can see the issue but the position of the quotes is important (menu "Tools - Word Count"): "hello" --> 1 word "hello " --> 2 words " hello" --> 2 words " hello " --> 3 words
How about with a punctuation mark between the word and the closing quote? "Hello." -> 2 words. It should be 1.