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Guest Highway2MD

does anyone know an easy way to count the number of characters we are typing in the application? I often exceed and then have to go back and edit the information.

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Guest Platinum84

Microsoft Word has a word count function (and character count).

 

So what I did was type in Word until I had it the way I wanted (while continually checking the character-count) and then just copy-pasted into the area.

 

Also keep in mind that hitting Enter counts as (I think) 2 characters.

 

Hope that helps.

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Guest Madz25

Just adding to what Platinum 84 said. Yes, hitting enter (ie. new paragraph) counts as 2 characters. You should note that Microsoft Word doesn't incorporate the extra 2 characters in its character count.

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Guest Talon01

Be aware, some versions of word don't count spaces as characters and finding this out the night before it's due isn't fun (yes, I'm speaking from experience). Like suggested, copy and paste into the application box just to double check.

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