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Pages Word Count Text On iPhone

How to See the Word Count and Other Statistics in Pages

By Sandy Writtenhouse 0 comments Last updated September 14, 2020

If you use Pages on iPhone, iPad, or Mac to create your documents, you may need to see some statistics. This can include the word count, character count, or page count. Luckily, Apple makes it easy for you to view these and in an unobtrusive way.


This short how-to explains how to see the word count and other statistics in Pages on your device.

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Contents

  • 1 View counts in Pages on Mac
  • 2 View counts in Pages on iPhone and iPad
  • 3 See your Pages stats easily
    • 3.1 Related Posts:

View counts in Pages on Mac

Open Pages on your Mac to the document you want to see the statistics for and follow these simple steps.

  1. Click View > Show Word Count from the menu bar.
  2. When the box appears at the bottom of your Pages document, you’ll see the word count.
  3. Click that box and you’ll also see the character count with and without spaces, the paragraph count, and number of pages.
Pages Word Count-Mac
Pages word count and stats on Mac

By default, the statistics in Pages are shown for your entire document. But you can see the word and character counts for specific pieces of text in your document too.



Select the text by dragging your cursor through it and you’ll see the word count at the bottom change immediately. Release your mouse or trackpad with the text still selected and click the word count box to see the character count with and without spaces.

Pages Word Count Selected Text-Mac
Pages counts for selected text on Mac

If you want to hide the word and other counts again, click View > Hide Word Count from the menu bar.

View counts in Pages on iPhone and iPad

Open your document in Pages on iPhone or iPad and then do the following to see your counts.

  1. On iPhone, tap More (three dots) on the top right. On iPad, tap View Options (square icon) on the top left.
  2. Turn on the toggle for Word Count.
  3. Tap Done.
Pages Enable Word Count-iPhone
Enable word count in Pages on iPhone
  1. Back on your document, you’ll see the word count at the bottom. Tap it to view the additional counts.
  2. Tap anywhere on your document to close the statistics window.
Pages Word Count-iPhone
Pages word count and stats on iPhone

Like on Mac, you’ll see counts for your entire Pages document. If you want word or character counts for certain text, select it and you’ll see the word count immediately change.

Keep your text selected and tap the word count to see the rest of the statistics.

Pages Word Count Selected Text-iPhone
Pages counts for selected text on iPhone

If you want to hide the word and other counts again, tap More (iPhone) or View Options (iPad) and turn off the toggle for Word Count.

See your Pages stats easily

Viewing the counts for word, characters, and even pages can be quite helpful, depending on the type of document you’re creating.

For articles, essays, or even snippets of text that need to be within a specific word or character count, Pages makes these easy for you to see.

Are you happy to know how to show the word and other counts in your Pages documents? If so, let us know in the comments below or message us on Facebook or Twitter!

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Sandy Writtenhouse( Contributing Writer )

Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a project manager, department manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time. Sandy holds a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology.

She loves technology– specifically – terrific games and apps for iOS, software that makes your life easier, and productivity tools that you can use every day, in both work and home environments.

Her articles have regularly been featured at MakeUseOf, iDownloadBlog and many other leading tech publications.

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