For those who write stuff which needs to be of a certain length. Journalists, writers …

The bar uses the ink color of your color scheme. It is located ...

• on the very bottom, if info bar is docked to the bottom
• on the very top of the screen if the info bar is docked on top

Setting the reference value:

• press F12 to bring up the Progress Window (or click on progress section of the info bar)
• Set both, unit and value to define the max scale (full length) of your progress bar

When you exceed your Limit, the bar will turn red (overlaying the ink color):

Set the Timer to a limit of zero, then let it count in reverse to see how long it took you to reach your writing goal.

Keep a seperate record that is counting up from zero after pressing "Reset Partial Count"

• the increasing units will be added to the total amount
• pasting text will also advance the partial count

Open the Progress Window: F12 or click on progress section of the info bar

Reset your partial count to start over at zero

To partially count text that has already been written:

• select text fragments with the mouse
• or use Segment Focus:

You may also start with an empty Segment Focus, then type and count from scratch.
If you combine both techniques, you have two sub-counts at your fingertips:

1. the regular progress count, now operating on your segment focus only
2. the reset partial count, operating on part of your segment focus