The Abacus Cost: $20 Get the full version     Trial version     Developer's Website Contacting third-party download site please wait. If your download does not start, click here, or get the full version Descriptions The Abacus: The Abacus is a line counting program for MS Word 97/2000/2002. Of use primarily to transcriptionists, the program, an MS Word Add-in, will count gross lines, headers and footers, and/or lines as a fixed number of characters per line. You can then save the line count in a log file which you can view, edit, and print for billing purposes. The log file will even total all your line counts and calculate your charges for you!