tomw,
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Does a word processor exist (regular app or web app I suppose) that displays a section outline with 'live' word counts next to each section? Like:

Introduction (434 words)
Chapter 1 (942 words)
etc

This seems so simple but searching turns up a) other people asking the same question and b) bodgy scripts/plugins.

siblingpastry,
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@tomw If you don't mind spending a bit, then Scrivener has these kinda features and lot more besides -- https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

tomw,
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@siblingpastry Hmm, this does look like pretty much what I'm looking for! And the pricing isn't too bad. Thanks, I'll probably give it a try

tomw,
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For now I'm using a script inside Google Docs that refreshes once per minute and... oh man. Feels like it's going to break at any moment.

tomw,
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One of these days I'll break and make Count Wordula, the word processor for people who are really into counting words but don't really need any other function of a word processor apart from maybe bold and italics

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