AnyCount in TO3000 3D+

Introduction

AnyCount is a text count engine, which automatically calculates text volumes contained in a file (or a number of files). Counts can be produced in different volume units (words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, lines, pages, custom units). AnyCount works with all most common file formats.

TO3000 3D+ has a built-in AnyCount to aid and simplify job creation and expenses calculation for each job.

AnyCount 3D currently counts the following formats: BMP, CHM, CSV, DOC, DOCX, GIF, HLP, HTM, HTML, JPG, MIF, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDF, PNG, PPS, PPT, PPTX, PUB, RAR, RTF, SDC, SDD, SDW, SLP, SXC, SXI, SXW, TXT, VSD, WPD, XLS, XLSX, XML, ZIP.

In TO3000 3D+, AnyCount is used to quickly calculate volumes of new jobs and quotes. AnyCount options can be found in the New/Edit Draft Client/Prospect Job, and New/Edit Client/Prospect Job windows.

Counting files

In TO3000 3D+, AnyCount is used in the following way:

When creating a job, click the <=AnyCount button to run AnyCount. It will automatically count the required units in target files and enter the resulting number into the Volume field.

1. Select the volume units from the corresponding drop-down list.

NOTE: If the units selected where not specified as "Used by AnyCount" you will not be able to perform the count. This option is available on the AnyCount tab of the User Settings. It was implemented to distinguish volume units, that cannot be used as text volume units (e.g. "hours").

2. Click the <=AnyCount button.

3. Select the file(s) to be counted in the Open window and either double click it or click the Open button:

4. The AnyCount Engine will count the text in the selected file(s) and enter the count results into the Volume field of the New/Edit Job window.

5. An expanded count report is added on the Notes tab which appears after AnyCount is used:

Creating client jobs based on counted file(s)

Right-click in the Client Jobs tab of the Project or Client window 9 depending on current workflow mode and select AnyCount. Select the volume unit to count in and click the OK button. Select the file(s) to count. Once the count process is completed, TO3000 will open the "new client job" window with the name of the counted file, and the appropriate volume and volume units. If you chose to count multiple files, the program will ask you if you want to create a single job for all selected files or a separate job for each file.