Measure the time I spend using Microsoft Word?

Factual Questions
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Hi all!

I’m looking for a way to measure the time I spend using Microsoft Word.
I need it to have an overview of how many hours I work per day.

I installed a program called Timekeeper but it doesn’t seem to work…

Anyone know a program that can measure the time?
I’m using Microsoft Office 365 Business.

Cheers,
Ron

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In what way is Timekeeper not working? Seems like that thing (if it worked) would be the exact fit - have you contacted them for support?

I can think of a way to log the open/close times of the winword.exe application to a text file, but it isn’t particularly elegant, and would not work if you opened Word by launching a document - only if you launched the program itself directly.

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If you are using Office 365 and using the web-based version of Word, that won’t work.

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Agreed - only on the locally-installed executable versions of the products (which you do get as part of a 365 subscription, and I think most people still use)

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Here are a few time-tracking programs. (I don’t have experience with them.) RescueTime seems nice.

I used to take a more manual approach: I set up a program (IrfanView) to capture my screen every 5 minutes and store the files in a folder, by date and time. Then, at the end of the work period (3 weeks typically), I would review the screen caps for the period and work out how many hours I had spent working on such-and-such task. Tedious, yes, but at least I only had to do it at the end of the period. Bummer if the program stopped capturing, though.

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Use Microsoft Family and/or create an account for a profile that you will use when using Microsoft Word.

You will get a weekly report detailing how long you were logged in as well as how long you spent using each app, including Microsoft Word.

I use this for my kids and I can track and monitor all their computer, XBox and internet usage.

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Thank you everyone.

I managed to get Timekeeper working but it’s not what I need- it tracks individual documents and not the entire program.
I need to know how much time I spend with any Word document as the foremost window.

I will try one of the program trackers in the links and hope for the best.