It will depend on your fonts and margins.

Posted By: sm on 2007-12-12
In Reply to: paying by line count - Tracey

Different fonts and margins will give different gross line counts. If a line in your document has more than 65 characters, you are "getting screwed." If a line has less than 65 characters, you are probably making an average wage.

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paying by line count - Tracey
- Take it and KEEP IT!!! - type-it
- When less is more that is a good thing - sm -
- I wish I could get paid this way again - by
- It will depend on your fonts and margins. - sm
  - Font is 11pt Arial with 1" margins - Tracey
    - I found out how to find that out. - Tracey
      - Since you're a newbie, take it and see where it leads! It's experience - in any case! :) Good luck. nm
        totally agree - Sara
- Gross lines are great! Take it if it's 6-7cpl. nm - Hard to find
  - On sedond thought, when I do a word count on - Tracey
    - Word's line count is not ideal to use. sm - What line count program do they use?
  - It is .06 per line. That is good to know. - Tracey

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would depend on font, margins, etc. sm
if you really want to know how many words are on a page in your typed format, paste it into MSWord and then use Tools, Word Count.

Font is 11pt Arial with 1" margins
How do you tell how many characters per line?

It will depend on what course you are taking.
nm

Easy or not will depend totally on the type of dictators
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