: Re: Why am I getting so many words per page? (Note that I use OpenOffice but this question should apply to MS Word as well) It's common knowledge that the average word count for a page is around

@Kevin153

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A standard manuscript page has about 250 words on average. Standard manuscript format is this (or a minor variation):

8.5" x 11"
1" margins top and bottom, left and right.
12 point Courier font.
Double spaced.

If you have significantly more or fewer than that on average, your document is likely not formatted in the standard manuscript form.

Here are a few descriptions of standard manuscript form:

William Shunn (short story format)
William Shunn (novel format example)
Vonda N. MckIntyre's (short story format)

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