Therefore a designer with a word counting app can tell the editor the required amount of text. In this moment word count is helpful for both designer + editor, since it can ensure that the text will suit to the specific layout (its text areas, font sizes). Now the layout becomes the briefing for others: the editor's writes text, a photographer takes pictures, etc. In the next steps this layout needs to get filled with real content. These filler text layouts are used for a first judgement + maybe the choice of a specific layout. Insert an Index: Place the text cursor where you want to insert an index, click. The input for this job is related to the ideas / concept / briefing of a team, including different departments, not designers only and often with the client included in the process. Find the Word Count: Click the word count in the lower-left corner or click. With filler text only but possibly with several layout variants. For example, when would someone use Designer/Publisher to create something that was then submitted for inclusion into another publication?įor designers, especially in full-service agencies (design, text, marketing, …) often a typical job requests layouts as first impressions of unfinished ideas. (.) doesn’t (to my mind) answer the question as it relates to Designer/Publisher. Depending on what it counted it could be very misleading, and therefore fairly useless (if you’re not exactly sure what it’s counting then what use is the number?). If a Story Editor of some sort was implemented then I can imagine seeing a word count for the ‘story’ being edited may be useful but I can’t really see the point of seeing a word count for a whole document. I understand that some people have a need for such things – editors’ orders – but, in these cases, writing the text in a word processor first and then copying it into Publisher when it’s correct word-count-wise will probably be a better solution for them (with the right Styles set-up so pasting is easy). Personally I don’t use word counts as I don’t have any need to count the words in my documents. Also, along with things like page numbers, do you count:Įveryone will have their own preferences and giving people all of the options to define their own specific needs would probably make things very complicated.
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