SoftMaker.com

Excellent!

Were you able to reproduce the parentheses-period problem on your end? Where
Counts as 2 words?

(See attached screenshot).

I think I may have tracked down the contraction problem!

See attached photos. Same sentence, written twice with a different word count. But note the apostrophe. One is "smart" or curly, and the other plain.

TextMaker correctly counts words with "plain" apostrophes, but incorrectly counts words ...

Here's " don't " counting as 2 words, " One two three four (five). " (please note the period at the end) counting as six words, and my version number of TextMaker (Professional 2024 (rev S1230.1206) 64bit).

I'm using the latest Windows version of TextMaker Professional if that helps track it down ...

It looks like the problem persists as of late January '26.

"One two three four (five)" counts as five words, but if you add a period at the end, it counts as six.

I've also noticed that TextMaker counts contractions as multiple words , for example "don't" counts as 2 words.

This makes meeting ...

I may have found a strange bug or quirk in the registered version of TextMaker 2024. I'm writing flash fiction with a strict 100 word count and noticed that TextMaker's count didn't align with any other program or word count website. So, I hunted it down, line by line, until I found the problem ...