Word Count In Outlook 2003?

[Koko_Lion]

Hi

At the moment I need to copy my message from Outlook to Word and use the Word Count there. Does Outlook have this feature built in?

Would be a big help

Cheers

[doo_much]

Which version of Outlook?

In 2007
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Spelling tab, and then click Spelling and AutoCorrection.
Click Proofing.
Under When correcting grammar in Outlook, select the Check grammar with spelling check box.
Select the Show readability statistics check box.

You should now have a 'Proofing' option on your task bar. Click it - bottom option is Word Count.

Previous Versions
I can't remember but Google says:

Select “Tools > Options” and then click on the “Mail Format” tab. Under “Message Format”, make sure both the boxes “Use Microsoft Office Word.” have a check mark. Also select “Rich Text” for “Compose in this message format”.
Compose a new message. Notice that the Word formatting toolbar has appeared exactly below the subject line. Also notice that the “Word Count” box (which is a feature of Word) has appeared in the upper-right side.

[Koko_Lion]

its 2003

I followed those 2007 instructions but got lost, mine seems very different

[lancelot]

You and me both, we cannot word count in 2003!