View number of characters/words in text and headlines

In the status bar of Ted4, locate the last field. It may contain something as "302/64". The numbers get interpreted according user preferences and the formatting of the current paragraph.

•If the current paragraph is not formatted  by a style which defines minimum and maximum number of lines, or if the user didn't select  the option Display number of characters for headlines, the first number is the number of characters. The second number is number of words. Commented text is not counted.

•If the current paragraph is formatted  by a style which defines minimum and maximum number of lines, and if the user did select  the option Display number of characters for headlines, the first number is the number of current characters, and the second number is number of required characters to fill the paragraph.

If your status bar does not show the expected counters, on the Edit menu, click Preferences, and then on the Main tab, ensure that you've selected Enabled. Moreover, ensure that in the Status bar box, you've selected Text height, characters and words.

Note: the characters and word counter works on an unjustified text too.

You can also display the estimated number of characters to fill up a headline.

On the Articles main tab: right-click in a text element you are editing and then select Properties.

On the Pages main tab: edit element, right-click in a text and then select Properties.