PDF Word Counter
Upload a PDF to count words, characters, pages, and paragraphs. Works entirely in your browser—your files never leave your device.
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Counting words in a PDF is essential for academic submissions. Many conferences and journals have strict page or word limits—typically 8-10 pages for conference papers and 150-350 words for abstracts.
This free tool extracts text from your PDF and counts words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs. Processing happens entirely in your browser using PDF.js, so your documents never leave your device.
Note: Word counts may vary slightly from other tools due to how text is extracted from PDFs. For scanned documents or image-heavy PDFs, text extraction may be limited.
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