Word count in Arabic PDF's
Thread poster: Noha Kamal, PhD.
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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Dec 4, 2006

Hi all,

Does anyone know of any software that can run an accurate wordcount of Arabic PDF's? The one I use gives funny counts of Arabic PDF's. Any hope?

Best,
Noha


 
Mumtaz
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anycount Dec 5, 2006

Does anyone know of any software that can run an accurate wordcount of Arabic PDF's?

Yes, download the free trial of anycount, here:

http://www.anycount.com/

Regards

[Edited at 2006-12-05 08:35]

[Edited at 2006-12-05 08:54]


 
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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Thanks! Dec 5, 2006

Thank you, Mumtaz, though most of us have a fondness for freeware Any freeware or shareware that can do the trick?

 
Mumtaz
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Translator's Abacus Dec 5, 2006

Noha Kamal wrote:

Thank you, Mumtaz, though most of us have a fondness for freeware Any freeware or shareware that can do the trick?


Here is a free one:

http://www.spanish-translator-services.com/espanol/preguntas-frecuentes/SistemaOperativo-contar-palabras-de-documentos.htm

Click the Translator's Abacus link, but bear in mind that it doesn't work offline.


 
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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Thanks again! Dec 5, 2006

Thanks again, Mumtaz. Actually, I've been using Translator's Abcus for the past 3 years or more, and no it does work offline. The problem is that it can't count arabic PDF's. But thanks a mil for you help.

 
Marianna Massa (X)
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Still having same issue in 2021 Apr 2, 2021

Hello everyone!
I am catching up on this old thread because I am still struggling with this issue of having the correct word count of an Arabic pdf. Can anyone help?


 


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