Exclude Comments and Annotations: These are counted in the manuscript and document word counts, but you can exclude them from the selected document count.Count Only Document Not Marked for Inclusion: Counts only documents that you didn’t select Include for Compile.Count Only Documents Marked for Inclusion: Counts thedocuments that you’ve selected in the Include in Compile option (in the General Meta-Data pane in the Inspector for example).Count All Documents: Counts all selected documents regardless of their Include in Compile status.Count Footnotes: included them in the word and character count.Count Current Compile Group Only: If this is selected, the statistics are calculated based on the documents listed in the Contents pane of the Compile Window.Below are my project statisitcs for my current WIP. But if you want to know how many pages you have for an individual scene just select a scene in the Binder and choose Project->Project Statistics. Essentially, the Compile function, runs silently in the background and calculates the numbers in your masterpiece. These figures are based on the compile settings (we’ll cover Compile soon enough). Projects Statistics provide word, character, and page counts for the material in the Draft folder.
So take that, naysayers, who spend most of their days writing tweets and Facebook updates about cats. These will prove to those who doubt you’re actually working and you’ve completed 12 grueling pages of high drama and emotion for the day. If you’re like me and just curiose to know how much you’ve produced since you started writing your Great American novel, Scrivener provides Project Statistics. Is it to validate that we sit around in our pajamas and robes and that we actually work? Why are writers so interested in statistics? Where does this need come in which we need to announce that we wrote X words, or X pages (print or paperback).
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