[Issue] Left quotes from Word doc included in word count

[Suse]

I've just started using Writer, and I've noticed that the word count includes the left-hand quotation mark from documents I created using MS Word. It does this whether I save the documents as .odt or leave them as Word 97-2000, but counts correctly if I create a Writer document from scratch. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks.

[Suse]

I thought I'd found an obvious solution today. I copied and pasted the contents of a document originally created in Word, then posted it into a new Writer doc, but it still counted the left quotes as words. I tried copying into a Notepad document hoping it would lose the formatting, then I pasted it into Writer, but no joy. This is really odd because it doesn't seem to happen with brand new Writer docs. Sorry if I'm repeating a previously answered question, but I can't find this left quote issue in the forums.

[RoryOF]

You could use Search and Replace to replace all the left quotes with left quotes, then subtract the number of replacement reported from your wordcount.

[TheGurkha]

Actually, if you start a new Writer document, then go to:

Tools > AutoCorrect Options and then click on the Custom Quotes tab and select the Single Quotes Replace option, a brand new .odt document will mis-count them as well, so that

'Badger' slapper

counts as 3 words.

[TheGurkha]

It's a known issue. I found this in the bug tracker: Issue 89042.

Target set to 3.x.

[Suse]

You could use Search and Replace to replace all the left quotes with left quotes, then subtract the number of replacement reported from your wordcount.

That's definitely an idea, but I need a running word count for my work and it's a bit tricky to keep doing calculations. Maths is not my strong point sadly.

It's a known issue. I found this in the bug tracker: Issue 89042.

Target set to 3.x.

So this hasn't always been the case, and they will try to fix it? I see version 3.2 is scheduled for release next month. Fingers crossed. If that's the only thing they improve, I'll be waving farewell to Word without shedding a tear.

[Oogiem]

I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo and this tripped me up as well. Has there been any fix to it since the last time posted?

[TheGurkha]

I checked the issues tracker and it is still open, with a target of 3.x, so it isn't yet targetted at a future build.