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1. • CommentAuthoracacian
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011

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   I recently added this macro to my toolbar and thought Warren and other OpenOffice users might appreciate it, if previously unaware: https://bitbucket.org/yawaramin/oo.o-live-word-count/wiki/Home
   
   It displays a live word count, and if you type in a target number of words, it will show your progress as a green meter.
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     CommentAuthorkperkins
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011

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   It works in LibreOffice also, but it's kinda buggy. (ie. not updating word count for some reason: closing it, and reopening worked. Progress meter not showing, all the time.)
3. •  
     CommentAuthorwarrenellis
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011

    (9767.3)
   That would DEFINITELY drive me insane. I'm fine with just checking word count from the menu command whenever I'm ready.
4. • CommentAuthorgovernment spy
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011

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   I didn't know anybody else had watched Studio 60...
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     CommentAuthorMikiM
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011

    (9767.5)

   I just have to trust that the good people at Mulholland Books will catch me when I get confused and give my New York City police detective rocket pants and a ray gun.

   
   It is on Netflix streaming.
   
   I think I could get on board with the progress meter part of this.
6. • CommentAuthoracacian
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011 edited

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   @Warren
   
   The person who wrote it is apparently going to implement a realtime character count/progress meter. ^_^ Now if only we can get a numeric percentage display that can be fine-tuned by the decimal point...
   
   + You could always combine it with a timer to limit your sessions to minute/hourly blocks through timeboxing. (Not that everyone hasn't heard of timeboxing by now, but it's still quite useful with the right balance of flow and calculation.)
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     CommentAuthorAlan Tyson
   • CommentTimeApr 16th 2011 edited

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   At the risk of driving myself insane within a week, I've downloaded this and have started using it for my novel, with the tentative goal of 200,000 words. Several times, I've looked up at it and, I swear, I saw it laughing at me.
8. •  
     CommentAuthorwarrenellis
   • CommentTimeApr 17th 2011

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   Timeboxing is madness. The job, and the flow, last as long as they last.
9. • CommentAuthoracacian
   • CommentTimeFeb 3rd 2012

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   Update: Flaws of the realtime death bar: I have experienced the occasional crash with a document once it climbed past the 20,000 word mark, when using it in a non-realtime way, i.e. just clicking the button in the toolbar periodically to bring up the count. Might just be me, or something more general. Something to keep in mind.