It sounds like you figured out how to check the word count in word 2010. 
I'll post the answer in case others have the same question.

There are two ways to check word count in word 2010:

1. If you're a Jaws user, press insert+page down. This reads the bottom 
line of the screen, which tells you what page you're on and how many 
words your document has.

2. With any screen reader, press F6 repeatedly until you get to the 
status bar; then tab to Word Count and press enter. If you do this, you 
get a more detailed word count (i.e., number of pages, paragraphs, 
lines, words, characters with and without spaces, etc). I just did this 
and had to press F6 twice and tab once. Generally, if you go into the 
status bar to check Word count, focus is still on word count the next 
time you go into the status bar.

Hope this helps.

Ciao


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