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<p align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#000000">Character Counter</font></b></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">Counte The Characters Of Your Sentence Or Passage</font></p>
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<textarea rows="11" name="charcount" cols="55" wrap="virtual" style="border: 1px solid #000000; "></textarea></font></b></p>
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<td width="514" bgcolor="#ADC9F8" height="26"><div align="right"><p align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"><input type="button" value="Count Characters"
onClick="countit(this)">
<input type="text" name="displaycount" size="26" style="border: 1px solid #000000; "></font></b></p>
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<script language="JavaScript">
function countit(what){
formcontent=what.form.charcount.value
what.form.displaycount.value=formcontent.length
}
</script