Slide Word Count Checker

Paste the words for one church slide and see if it is short enough to read from the back row. About 20 words or 140 characters is the guide.

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Slide Word Count Checker

Slide word count checker

Paste the words for one slide and see whether it is short enough to read from the back row.

Too much

Too much for one slide. Shorten it or use Split for me.

Words

73

Characters

378

Lines

1

Sub-points

0

God told Abram to leave his country, his family and everything familiar, and to go to a land he had not yet seen. He did not receive a map, a timeline or a guarantee. He received a promise. Abram packed up his household, said goodbye to the only home he had known and took the first step. Faith often looks like walking before the path is clear, trusting the One who called you.

Preview on a worship background. The text shrinks to fit, so a crowded slide gets small.

Rules of thumb, not a standard. Logos advises 140 characters or less and no more than four sub-points on a slide, which is roughly 20 words. Readable is up to 20 words and 140 characters. Tight is up to 30 words or 210 characters, our own allowance. Anything longer, or more than four bullet lines, is too much.

Counts the words, characters, lines and bullet lines of the text for one slide, rates it readable, tight or too much, and previews it on a worship background that shrinks the text to fit. A Split for me button divides it into 2 or 3 slides at sentence breaks. The limits are rules of thumb: Logos advises 140 characters or less (about 20 words) and no more than four sub-points; the tight band of up to 30 words or 210 characters is our own allowance. The default sample is 73 words and 378 characters on one line, which rates too much.

How a slide is rated

  • What it counts

    Words, characters, lines and bullet lines of the text for one slide.

  • Readable, tight or too much

    Logos advises 140 characters or less (about 20 words) and no more than four sub-points. The tight band, up to 30 words or 210 characters, is our own allowance.

  • A preview that shrinks

    The text appears on a worship background and shrinks to fit, so a crowded slide visibly gets smaller.

  • Split for me

    The Split for me button divides the text into 2 or 3 slides at sentence breaks. The default sample is 73 words and 378 characters on one line, which rates too much.

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