title: Getting the RIGHT word count of a PDF file
body: <p>The response in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8981804/how-would-you-get-count-of-a-given-word-in-a-given-pdf">this topic</a> helped me understand why sometimes my
  PDF fails to find a word and why I keep getting different word counts when using
  different PDF word count programs. I decided to use <code>xpdf</code>. I converted it to text 
  and added the -layout tag and then opened the resulting text file with Word 2003. 
  I noted the word count. Then I decided, unfortunately, to remove the -layout tag. 
  This time, though, the word count is different. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Why did that tag affect the word count?  Is there an accurate way to find the word count
  of a PDF file?</strong> I would even pay for such software if I have to so long as it gives me 
    the right number of words.</p>
  
  <p>(I checked <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3874123/convert-from-a-pdf-to-a-word-document">another topic</a> but thought I'd find out if the solution I just offered would solve everything. There was another topic where advancedpdf was recommended.)</p>