► TITLE & VERSION: AbracadabraCompteur 2

► LICENSE: freeware

► HOMEPAGE: http://www.abracadabrapdf.net/pages/fr/abracompteur#ENG

► Software Publisher's DESCRIPTION: AbracadabraCompteur is a free utility for Adobe Reader 5.1 or higher. It supports all Mac OS and Windows versions. AbracadabraCompteur also runs with the full Adobe Acrobat 5.1 or higher. AbracadabraCompteur is a part of abracadabraTOOLS.

► NK's RATING & NOTES:

"How can I count words in PDF-files?" I believe you will all agree that it is a real translators' FAQ.

One of the solutions is to use a dedicated stand-alone software program. Many people recommend the application called AnyCount. Perhaps it's good software but to pay USD 37.00 for a program that can only count words... Well, I'm afraid that's too much. USD 3.70 would be a fair price... In general I have noticed that practically all products developed by Ukrainian Advanced International Translations (AIT) company (creators of AnyCount) are quite overpriced.

I would suggest to use AbracadabraCompteur utility instead for which you don't need to pay anything as it's absolutely free. In fact it's a tiny (only 5 KB) Java­Script file adding extra functionality to your Adobe Reader or Acrobat. Please find AbracadabraCompteur attached to this post and note: it counts only words, it doesn't count characters or lines.

Do the following:

1) Download AbracadabraCompteur2_-_PDF_WordCounter.zip.
2) Unzip it.
3) Copy AbracadabraCompteur2.js file and drop it in the subfolder of your Adobe Reader or Acrobat called "Java­Scripts". If you can’t access that subfolder, drop the Compteur2Mots.js file in (My) Documents --> Acrobat user --> Java­Scripts.
4) Restart your Adobe Reader or Acrobat, go to Tools and voila - now you've got a Wordcounter there:

Happy counting!

NK

Attached file : AbracadabraCompteur2_-_PDF_WordCounter.zip (2 KB - 90 downloads)

Thank you for sharing this very useful information with your colleagues, Nik! 

Maxi

Originally written by Denis HAY a handful of other nice tools which would otherwise require the full version of Acrobat (and even then, you still get a few extra features).

Thanks Denis,

I know about  AbracadabraTools and there's a link to them in my post too but so far I used only a WordCounter as I've got the full version of Acrobat. I can't say I'm a great expert on Acrobat capabilities so could you tell me please what those extra features are so that I can concentrate my attention on them?

NK

Originally written by Nikita Kobrin I can't say I'm a great expert on Acrobat capabilities so could you tell me please what those extra features are so that I can concentrate my attention on them?

Today I skyped Denis, and he explained that even if you have full Acrobat, it is still worth having all AbracadabraTools because they substantially enrich the program capabilities.