I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

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Melissa <comunicacaodigital@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb
2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And
then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.


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That's neither here nor there :) The converter changes the file type so that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing about programming here :)

However, this Zamzar thing, useful as it is, has a file limit and when I had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very silly but for large files is a time-
and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current page.
3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5 minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by one...

I hope this helps someone :)

T.




On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa <comunicacaodigital@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And
then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa <comunicacaodigital@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And
then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

That's neither here nor there :) The converter changes the file type so that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing about programming here :)

However, this Zamzar thing, useful as it is, has a file limit and when I had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very silly but for large files is a time-
and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current page.
3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5 minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by one...

I hope this helps someone :)

T.

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kokorka@gmail.com wrote on 16 Apr 2018 in sci.lang.translation:

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And
then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

[plase do not quote signatures on Usenet, skipped]

That's neither here nor there :)

That may have been there,
but it certainly is not here anymore.

You are responding, here, on something, there, I wrote here 14 months ago, seemingly about counting words, not about translating something.

Melissa even seemed to have made some kind of programme [there],
for herself to execute.

;-)

The converter changes the file type so
that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing
about programming here :)

Ah, so some translation had been going on [there] before,
but was outside of the thread or was not quoted?

Well this NG is also not about counting tranlated text, imho.

;-)

However, this Zamzar thing,

What Zamar thing?

Ah, something there, but not here anymore?

useful as it is, has a file limit and when I
had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a
full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very
silly but for large files is a time- and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you
want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current
page. 3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5
minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by
one...

I hope this helps someone :)

One may always hope, helping someone is an enjoyable passtime.

It seems you were just using my response to speak about something else?

Maybe you are a character that counts.

;-)

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On Monday, 16 April 2018 13:07:00 UTC+2, kok...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa <comunicacaodigital@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And
then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

That's neither here nor there :) The converter changes the file type so that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing about programming here :)

However, this Zamzar thing, useful as it is, has a file limit and when I had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very silly but for large files is a time-

and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current page.
3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5 minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by one...

I hope this helps someone :)

T.

Hi, I had a similar problem.
1. I saved the pptx file as PDF from the menu "save as"
2. Then right click on the PDF and chose "open with Word" , in my case word 2016
3. Word gives you the characters and word count.

No copy and paste needed.

I hope that this helps.

P.S. In my case the difference is almost double between the pptx count and word count.
However, the client bluntly is refusing to pay accordingly, stating "financial department policy".
But this is a different issue.

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On Sunday, 22 April 2018 21:03:11 UTC+2, nadia....@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, 16 April 2018 13:07:00 UTC+2, kok...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa <comunicacaodigital@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

That's neither here nor there :) The converter changes the file type so that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing about programming here :)

However, this Zamzar thing, useful as it is, has a file limit and when I had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very silly but for large files is a time-

and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current page.
3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5 minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by one...

I hope this helps someone :)

T.

Hi, I had a similar problem.
1. I saved the pptx file as PDF from the menu "save as"
2. Then right click on the PDF and chose "open with Word" , in my case word 2016
3. Word gives you the characters and word count.

No copy and paste needed.

I hope that this helps.

P.S. In my case the difference is almost double between the pptx count and word count.
However, the client bluntly is refusing to pay accordingly, stating "financial department policy".
But this is a different issue.

THIS TRULY IS A TIMESAVER!
THANK YOU!

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Dana ponedjeljak, 11. lipnja 2018. u 13:26:00 UTC+2 korisnik ighe...@yahoo.co.uk napisao je:

On Sunday, 22 April 2018 21:03:11 UTC+2, nadia....@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, 16 April 2018 13:07:00 UTC+2, kok...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:22:31 UTC+2, Evertjan. wrote:

Melissa <comunicac...@worldanimalprotection.org.br> wrote on 15 Feb 2017 in sci.lang.translation:

I use an online converter (www.zamzar.com) to turn PPT into DOC. And then I simply use the character counter available on Word :)

Wrong NG.

This NG is about spoken languages, not programming.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

That's neither here nor there :) The converter changes the file type so that you can use Word to count the characters you translated, nothing about programming here :)

However, this Zamzar thing, useful as it is, has a file limit and when I had to translate an 890 MB, 100-something page PPT, it asked me to buy a full version or something. So I found a workaround which sounds very silly but for large files is a

time- and lifesaver:

1. I saved the PPT as PDF;
2. I copied the whole text of the PDF into an Excel file (Note: if you want to copy the whole file's text, you need to zoom out so you see more pages on the screen, otherwise even Ctrl+A selects only the current page.
3. From Excel I copied it into Word and ta-daaaa - took me 2,5 minutes what could have been an hour of copy-pasting the pages one by one...

I hope this helps someone :)

T.

Hi, I had a similar problem.
1. I saved the pptx file as PDF from the menu "save as"
2. Then right click on the PDF and chose "open with Word" , in my case word 2016
3. Word gives you the characters and word count.

No copy and paste needed.

I hope that this helps.

P.S. In my case the difference is almost double between the pptx count and word count.
However, the client bluntly is refusing to pay accordingly, stating "financial department policy".
But this is a different issue.

THIS TRULY IS A TIMESAVER!
THANK YOU!

Hi!
I am working with CAT tool (Trados) and my workaround is this:
- make the project with the file(s) that you need to count the number of characters in
- open the file (or files one by one) in the CAT tool editor
- copy all of the text by selecting it using mouse, from beginning to the end (click-and-hold left mouse at the beginning of the text of the first segment, then pull down still holding the left mouse key until you have selected all of the text, and than
CTRL+C to copy)
- copy the text into Word and use word/character counter

When importing PowerPoint files into the project be aware that Trados has setting which you would need to adjust prior to importing, about importing (or not) the comments, hidden text etc. from the PowerPoint files.

Hope this might help!
Sasha

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