If one activates Edit -> Changes - Record and deletes some part of the text the number of characters shown in the status bar is correct. If one appends a word to the deleted part, the character count is updated correctly. But if one inserts a word into the deleted part, the character count is not updated, so it is wrong. Please see the attached files for clarification. Full_original_text.odt: 446 characters, which is correct. Deleted.odt: 26 characters, which is correct. Deleted_and_appended.odt: 34, which is correct. Deleted_and_inserted.odt: 26 characters, altough " LABORUM " is inserted, so it should be 35 characters.
Created attachment 104257 [details] Deleted a part of the text
Created attachment 104258 [details] Deleted and appended some text
Created attachment 104259 [details] Deleted and inserted some text
Created attachment 104263 [details] The original text
I can reproduce an inconsistent behavior with LO 4.3.1.2. (Win 8.1). If I delete something then the WORD COUNT is updated correctly, but if I insert something (it doesn't matter where) then it is not updated.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 68347 ***