- Select all the text on a slide by clicking and dragging your cursor over the text.
- Copy the selected text using Ctrl+C (Windows/Linux) or Command+C (Mac).

- Open a new Google Docs document.
- Paste the copied text using Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux) or Command+V (Mac).

- In Google Docs, you can see the word count in the bottom left corner of the document. This count will include the words you copied from the slide.

- Repeat the process for each slide you want to count the words for.
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Sanskar Tiwari is the founder of MagicSlides and IAG Tech. Over the past 5 years, he has shipped 24+ products and taught 100k+ students how to code. His work focuses on AI‑assisted creation and developer education.
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