Yeah, I was just meaning to point out a quick tip for someone that was using a separate tool, without realising you can get that count right in the footer. If you search the forum a bit you’d probably find prior discussions on why that takes a click. Here are a couple off the top:
Interestingly enough, the opposing advice is true for those that do want comments and footnotes to be included in real-time counters. For performances reasons, we can’t include linked notes, so one is encouraged to use inline notes.
So, you can see why we’d never make a preference that does such a thing.