One Button To Count Them All
You can customize the OOo user interface in many ways. In today's tip you see how to add a word count icon to the main Writer toolbar.
Click the Down Arrow icon at the far right of the Formatting toolbar.
In the icon's menu, choose Customize Toolbar.
Click Add.
You see the Add Commands dialog.
In the left list click Options, then in the right list scroll down and click Word Count.
Click Add, then click Close.
Now you already see the new command as a text entry on the toolbar. You can select the new command and click the Up and Down buttons to change the position on the toolbar.
To assign an icon to the new command, select the new command, then click Modify and choose Change Icon.