How to have the document's statistics always visible on the page Just click 'Ok' or 'Cancel' to close that window. It first shows first the number of pages in your document, then the number of words, then the number of characters, and last the number of characters excluding spaces. So if you click on 'Word count' in the Tools menu, or use that keyboard shortcut, it will display the stats for the document you're working on. The word count tool shows the statistics of your current document. Or you can use the Ctrl+Shift+C keyboard shortcut. You can find the word count tool in the Tools menu – it's the second item in the menu at the top. Where to find the word count tool in Google Docs Whether it's for a Google Doc or an imported Word file, it works the same way – and I'll show you how in this quick guide. If you need to know the number of words or characters in a Google Doc, it's easy to find out using the tools Google Docs itself offers you.