You should note that the NumChars field returns a different value than what is returned by the FileSize field.
If you want to count the number of a character or a word in a single cell, you can try below methods. In case the word count indicator is hidden and you can’t see it in the status bar, you should do the following. Count number of instances of a character or word in a cell with formula. Click on the Row tab - the number of rows selected is listed at the top of the dialog box. Microsoft Word 2016 counts the number of pages and words in your file in real-time and shows them c at the bottom left of the workspace while you type something.Right-click on the selected table and select Table Properties from the shortcut menu.You can find out how many rows (and/or columns) there are in an individual table by checking the table properties.
Word Count doesn’t tell you - it tells you how many lines in the document, but each cell (except one) in a table is treated as a ‘line’ for Word Count purposes.
Jeff wanted to know how to find out how many rows he had in a very long table in his Word document.