Thread: Wordcount -- how to append to title (batch)???
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Old 08-07-2016, 02:48 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by jcrawfordx View Post
In Calibre, is there some relatively non-complex way to append the #word_count field to each title en masse (i.e. batch mode)?

e.g. I would like my "Moby Dick" title field to look like "Moby Dick [395]", indicating there are 395 pages in it. (brackets are not critical)
Thanks
You do not really want to dirty standard fields (in the Library) like this. It breaks many fetches


You can:
Move the columns around so #word is next to title for browsing the list

You can use it in any Template when sending:
Code:
 {title}-[{#word}]
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