Make sure that your word processor is only counting your essay’s body text towards your final word count–not your footnotes. But is it?īefore you submit your assignment to Turnitin, make sure one of these situations doesn’t apply to you! Situation 1: Microsoft Word is automatically counting your footnote text in the total word count The one thing we take for granted, though, is that the software we’re using is giving us an accurate word count. Assessment word limits are often the bane of law students’ existence: either you’re hundreds of words over the limit, or you’re straining to reach the minimum.
