Putting Word Count in Pages Document

Is there a way to insert a document's current word count directly into the body of the document? In other words, is there a way to do the equivalent of "Insert Page Number" or "Insert Page Count" for word count?

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
See *How to Insert Current Weather and Word Count into Your Document* p307 in the Pages09_UserGuide.pdf downloadable from under the Help menu.
Peter
It's dificult to read page 307 in a guide containing 266 pages.
On page 37 I may read how to view word count and other document statistics but,
- I saw nothing about current weather
- I saw nothing about a way to insert the word count in the document as it was asked by the OP
As far as I know,
we may insert page num, page count, date time, file name
but we only
may display word count.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 27 mai 2009 18:21:12)

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