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docs/source/index.rst

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ novelWriter User Guide
 | **Release Version:** |release|
 | **Updated:** |today|
 
-novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from many
-smaller text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by Markdown, and adds a meta
-data syntax for comments, synopsis, and cross-referencing. It is designed to be a simple text
+novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from
+individual text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by Markdown, and adds a
+meta data syntax for comments, synopsis, and cross-referencing. It is designed to be a simple text
 editor that allows for easy organisation of text and notes, using human readable text files as
 storage for robustness.
 
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ See the :ref:`a_breakdown_storage` section for more details.
 
 Any operating system that can run Python 3 and has the Qt 5 libraries should be able to run
 novelWriter. It runs fine on Linux, Windows and MacOS, and users have tested it on other platforms
-as well. novelWriter can also be run directly from the Python source, or installed from packages or
-with pip. See :ref:`a_started` for more details.
+as well. novelWriter can be run directly from the Python source, or installed from packages or with
+pip. See :ref:`a_started` for more details.
 
 **Useful Links**
 
 * Website: https://novelwriter.io
 * Documentation: https://docs.novelwriter.io
+* Public Releases: https://releases.novelwriter.io
 * Internationalisation: https://crowdin.com/project/novelwriter
 * Source Code: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter
 * Source Releases: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ with pip. See :ref:`a_started` for more details.
    usage_format
    usage_shortcuts
    usage_typography
-   usage_projectformat
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
@@ -80,7 +80,15 @@ with pip. See :ref:`a_started` for more details.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
-   :caption: Additional Topics
+   :caption: Additional Details
+   :hidden:
+
+   more_projectformat
+   more_counting
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+   :caption: Technical Topics
    :hidden:
 
    tech_locations

docs/source/more_counting.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.. _a_counting:
+
+********************
+Word and Text Counts
+********************
+
+This is an overview of how words and other counts of your text are performed. The counting rules
+should be relatively standard, and are compared to LibreOffice Writer rules. The counts provided in
+the app on the raw text are only meant to be approximate.
+
+
+Text Word Counts and Stats
+==========================
+
+These are the rules for the main counts available for for each document in a project.
+
+For all counts, the following rules apply.
+
+#. Short (–) and long (—) dashes are considered word separators.
+#. Any line starting with ``%`` or ``@`` is ignored.
+#. Trailing white spaces are ignored, including line breaks.
+#. Leading ``>`` and trailing ``<`` are ignored with any spaces next to them.
+#. Valid shortcodes and other commands wrapped in brackets ``[]`` are ignored.
+#. In-line Markdown syntax in text paragraphs is treated as part of the text.
+
+After the above preparation of the text, the following counts are available.
+
+**Character Count**
+   The character count is the sum of characters per line, including leading and in-text white space
+   characters, but excluding trailing white space characters. Shortcodes in the text are not
+   included, but Markdown codes are. Only headers and text are counted.
+
+**Word Count**
+   The words count is the sum of blocks of continuous character per line separated by any number of
+   white space characters or dashes. Only headers and text are counted.
+
+**Paragraph Count**
+   The paragraph count is the number of text blocks separated by one or more empty line. A line
+   consisting only of white spaces is considered empty.