If month is less than 1, month subtracts the magnitude of that number of months, plus 1, from the first month in the year specified. For example, DATE(2008,-3,2) returns the serial number representing September 2, 2007. Day Required. A positive or negative integer representing the day of the month from 1 to 31. If day is greater than the number of days in the month specified, day adds that number of days to the first day in the month. For example, DATE(2008,1,35) returns the serial number representing February 4, 2008. If day is less than 1, day subtracts the
Answer: People talk at an average rate of 100-120 words per minute. Meanwhile, a typical double spaced, typed written page is 250 words. So one double spaced, typed page equals two minutes when read aloud as a speech. You can use this ratio to determine approximately how long your speech will take when spoken aloud.
Every word does count and careful consideration must be taken to ensure the pacing of the story and the illustratability is supported in a way that fits a picture book format. (See the article Revision 9-1-1 for Fiction Picture Books). Todayâs contemporary picture books often come in at 500 words or less. But that is a guideline and not something to get worried about if your text ârequiresâ more. The key word being ârequires.â Iâd say a word count over 1000 words will certainly raise some eyebrows for many editors.