Since LibreOffice 3.6, we could see the number of the word in status bar. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.6#Writer But, it could be fine if we could have the number of characters in the same place. In LibreOffice 3.6's status bar: +----------+------------+----------------+----------+--- | Page 1/1 | Words : 42 | Default Style | Language | ... +----------+------------+----------------+----------+--- Expected status bar: +----------+------------------------------+----------------+----------+--- | Page 1/1 | Words(characters) : 42(1024) | Default Style | Language | ... +----------+------------------------------+----------------+----------+---
Thanks for reporting! This is an enhancement request, so I mark it as such. Can't find any duplicates either.
Robert Roth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=947041e1ab4de4723c537eebd37421d929836700 Show character count with word count in writer statusbar, fdo#59962 The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
I reckon that with the proposed change and the fix, the status bar will be filled with too much text after translating it.