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Is there a difference between a Sylvan 65 character line and using the line count in word - sm - anon


Posted: Jun 15, 2012

to divide by 65 to get the number of lines??? Thanks.

Do you mean using the character count - in Word

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then dividing by 65 to get the number of lines?

The line count in Word (as opposed to the character count) in some versions counts blank lines, which is problematic.

You would probably be better off using one of the free line-count programs available for just this purpose. They are easy to use, can be programmed very simply with your pay rate, and will even generate an invoice if you want. Just Google free line count programs.

Sylcount Gold IV - just me

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They are not the same. For Sylvan Gold IV edition, you can count headers/footers, footnotes, etc., and set it to count caps as 2 characters, underline as 2, bold as 2, etc., which significantly increases your line count. Go to their website. Well worth the money. I also have mine set and in contract that 60 cpl constitutes a line. This software lets you count gross line or set to whatever you and your client determine to constitute a line.


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