Can Pages count column inches

I work for a small newspaper. My former edtitor, now retired, writes a syndicated column that he sells to a few weekly papers. When he retired I set up our company's old, old newswriting software on his OS9 iMac.
Now he's getting a different Mac that doesn't support the old software and he's asking me how he can type his column and know how long it is in column inches.
In his old software he could type in and document without an established width and it would tell him, based on preference settings, how many inches deep it would be. I'm not familar with Pages but I doubt if it has that functionality.
Thanks.

Hi jt,
Pages won't calculate a specific number of column inches, but it does have several tools that will enable a close estimate, given the necessity to set some preferences.
Here's an example.
Tool number 1 is the pair of page rulers. The horizontal one at the top is used to set margin stops to fix a maximum line length. For the example, I've left the left margin at the default 1 inch and set the right margin at 7 in, giving a six inch line of text for two 3" columns.
The Document Inspector gives a 'live' count of several document statistics, including number of lines in the document as currently formatted.
In the left margin, I've inserted a series of text boxes, each with a pair of numbers inserted. The first gives the number of inches filled with text to that point (or column-inches for a single column document), the second gives the number of column inches for this text in a two column document, where the columns are each half the length of the line set for the document.
The text boxes and horizontal lines were placed with each line at an inch mark on the ruler, then wereGrouped into a single object. The grouped object was moved to the Background layer (Arrange menu), then to the Section Master (Format menu > Advanced). Placed as a Master Object, the lines will be visible on every page of a multi-page document.
That may be enough information to let you construct a template he can use in Pages. If there are still questions, please post them in a reply.
Regards,
Barry
Were I to re-do the page, i would set the top and bottom margins of the page to 0.5 inches, to allow 10 inches of typing space, making the column inch calculations easier for pieces beyond a full page in length.

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