Counting words in MS Word comments

Hi there,

I am trying to figure out a quote for a translation job.

The MS Word .docx has 3200 words, plus about 3.000 words in comments. At least, that is what TextCount says. I tried deleting comments in MS Word, and the number of words does not change.

Studio 2017 gives a total number of words that slightly differs from MS word, but that is normal. But the MS Word comments are not counted.

Is there some checkbox/option for this?

Any ideas?

This is the second file of this type. Last time I did not realize this problem and my quote was far too low. Due to the volume and formatting I did not realize that until later and was not amused.

Thanks in advance,

Birgit