I have a big PDF file with a lot of pictures, tables, etc. I want to count the words of this document. How can I do this in Windows?

Until now I just found solutions for Unix or solutions that require to download a big application. Isn't there an easy way?

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I just tried out a free program, Translator's Abacus. You can drag and drop various file types (including PDF), and it pops up a browser with a printable report of the word count for each document. It worked fine for me. (It is specifically created for word counts and is only 435 KB... that is, not a "big application").

Alternatively: you can just Ctrl+A to select all text in Acrobat Reader and then copy-paste it into a program like Microsoft Word (which has a word count on the status bar at the bottom of the screen).

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Thanks. That's what I was looking for. – Roflcoptr Apr 7 '11 at 7:38
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