You should definitely read this interesting article from multifarious about the differences in word counting using Word, Studio and old Trados.
Conclusion: Word offers a simple word count, whereas a translation tool is designed to try and reflect translator’s effort.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/q3zmlwg
When it comes to counting words, in a PowerPoint presentation, several conversions have to be done. (See older post here.) Today, however, I discovered an SDL Help file which explains why counting the number of words in a .ppt/.pptx, gives you significantly different results depending on the word count tool you use.
If you’re having trouble counting the total words in a document, Count Anything might help you accomplish this task. It’s a free tool and you can download it here: http://ginstrom.com/CountAnything. It supports the following file formats: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .ppt, .pptx, .odt, .odp, .ods, .html, .xml, .txt and .pdf.
Compatible with all Windows platforms.
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