http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/06/21/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-count-the-words-in-a-bunch-of-microsoft-word-documents.aspxHey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to count the number of words in a bunch of Microsoft Word documents. All of the documents are stored in a specific folder, but there are a mixture of Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoften-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/06/21/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-count-the-words-in-a-bunch-of-microsoft-word-documents.aspx#3339339Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:38:48 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3339339Sergey<p>In the fragment:</p> <p>$document = $application.documents.open($_.fullname) </p> <p>$intWords += $document.words.count </p> <p>$intDocs ++ </p> <p>It is better to put &quot;$intDocs ++&quot; clause after &quot;$document.close() | out-null&quot; for reducing time of file opening, isn&#39;t it? ;)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3339339" width="1" height="1">