Just saw an announcement on the CTAN-ann mailing list about TeXcount. The homepage has more details on the feature list and other shortcomings.
This should be useful for getting the correct word count instead of exporting the DVI/PDF file into a text file and then trying a word count.
Note that it require Perl, as it is basically a perl script.
This should be useful for getting the correct word count instead of exporting the DVI/PDF file into a text file and then trying a word count.
Note that it require Perl, as it is basically a perl script.