diff --git a/Build/Notepad3.ini b/Build/Notepad3.ini
index ab62cbc9d..8a310861f 100644
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diff --git a/np3portableapp/Notepad3Portable/App/DefaultData/settings/Notepad3.ini b/np3portableapp/Notepad3Portable/App/DefaultData/settings/Notepad3.ini
index ab62cbc9d..8a310861f 100644
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diff --git a/src/Helpers.c b/src/Helpers.c
index f3a8acb23..bc21771e9 100644
--- a/src/Helpers.c
+++ b/src/Helpers.c
@@ -3033,7 +3033,12 @@ int ReadStrgsFromCSV(LPCWSTR wchCSVStrg, prefix_t sMatrix[], int const iCount, i
     WCHAR* q = StrStrW(p, L",");
     if (q > p) { *q = L'\0'; }
     if (n < iCount) {
-      if (*p != L',') { StringCchCopyW(sMatrix[n], (size_t)iLen, p); }
+      if (*p != L',') { 
+        StringCchCopyW(sMatrix[n], (size_t)iLen, p); 
+      }
+      else {
+        sMatrix[n][0] = L'\0';
+      }
     }
     p = (q > p) ? (q + 1) : (p + 1);
     ++n;
diff --git a/src/Notepad3.c b/src/Notepad3.c
index 78fe5c20f..148001877 100644
--- a/src/Notepad3.c
+++ b/src/Notepad3.c
@@ -6722,10 +6722,10 @@ void LoadSettings()
   WCHAR tchStatusBar[MIDSZ_BUFFER] = { L'\0' };
 
   IniSectionGetString(pIniSection, L"SectionPrefixes", STATUSBAR_SECTION_PREFIXES, tchStatusBar, COUNTOF(tchStatusBar));
-  ReadStrgsFromCSV(tchStatusBar, g_mxSBPrefix, STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT, MICRO_BUFFER, L"");
+  ReadStrgsFromCSV(tchStatusBar, g_mxSBPrefix, STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT, MICRO_BUFFER, L"_PRFX_");
 
   IniSectionGetString(pIniSection, L"SectionPostfixes", STATUSBAR_SECTION_POSTFIXES, tchStatusBar, COUNTOF(tchStatusBar));
-  ReadStrgsFromCSV(tchStatusBar, g_mxSBPostfix, STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT, MICRO_BUFFER, L"");
+  ReadStrgsFromCSV(tchStatusBar, g_mxSBPostfix, STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT, MICRO_BUFFER, L"_POFX_");
 
   IniSectionGetString(pIniSection, L"VisibleSections", STATUSBAR_DEFAULT_IDS, tchStatusBar, COUNTOF(tchStatusBar));
   ReadVectorFromString(tchStatusBar, g_iStatusbarSections, STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT, 0, (STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT - 1), -1);
@@ -7978,9 +7978,9 @@ static void __fastcall _UpdateStatusbarDelayed(bool bForceRedraw)
 
   static WCHAR tchLn[32] = { L'\0' };
   static DocLn s_iLnFromPos = -1;
-  DocLn const iLnFromPos = SciCall_LineFromPosition(iPos) + 1;
+  DocLn const iLnFromPos = SciCall_LineFromPosition(iPos);
   if (s_iLnFromPos != iLnFromPos) {
-    StringCchPrintf(tchLn, COUNTOF(tchLn), L"%td", iLnFromPos);
+    StringCchPrintf(tchLn, COUNTOF(tchLn), L"%td", iLnFromPos + 1);
     FormatNumberStr(tchLn);
   }
 
@@ -8007,16 +8007,16 @@ static void __fastcall _UpdateStatusbarDelayed(bool bForceRedraw)
   static WCHAR tchCols[32] = { L'\0' };
 
   static DocPos s_iCol = -1;
-  DocPos const iCol = SciCall_GetColumn(iPos) + SciCall_GetSelectionNCaretVirtualSpace(0) + 1;
+  DocPos const iCol = SciCall_GetColumn(iPos) + SciCall_GetSelectionNCaretVirtualSpace(0);
   if (s_iCol != iCol) {
-    StringCchPrintf(tchCol, COUNTOF(tchCol), L"%td", iCol);
+    StringCchPrintf(tchCol, COUNTOF(tchCol), L"%td", iCol + 1);
     FormatNumberStr(tchCol);
   }
 
   static DocPos s_iLineLen = -1;
-  DocPos const iLineLen = Sci_GetNetLineLength(Sci_GetCurrentLineNumber()) + 1;
+  DocPos const iLineLen = Sci_GetNetLineLength(Sci_GetCurrentLineNumber());
   if (s_iLineLen != iLineLen) {
-    StringCchPrintf(tchCols, COUNTOF(tchCols), L"%td", iLineLen);
+    StringCchPrintf(tchCols, COUNTOF(tchCols), L"%td", iLineLen + 1);
     FormatNumberStr(tchCols);
   }
 
@@ -8032,6 +8032,37 @@ static void __fastcall _UpdateStatusbarDelayed(bool bForceRedraw)
   // ------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+  static WCHAR tchChr[32] = { L'\0' };
+  static WCHAR tchChrs[32] = { L'\0' };
+
+  static DocPos s_iChr = -1;
+  DocPos const iLineBegin = SciCall_PositionFromLine(iLnFromPos);
+  DocPos const iChr = SciCall_CountCharacters(iLineBegin, iPos);
+  if (s_iChr != iChr) {
+    StringCchPrintf(tchChr, COUNTOF(tchChr), L"%td", iChr);
+    FormatNumberStr(tchChr);
+  }
+
+  static DocPos s_iChrs = -1;
+  DocPos const iLineBack = SciCall_GetLineEndPosition(iLnFromPos);
+  DocPos const iChrs = SciCall_CountCharacters(iLineBegin, iLineBack);
+  if (s_iChrs != iChrs) {
+    StringCchPrintf(tchChrs, COUNTOF(tchChrs), L"%td", iChrs);
+    FormatNumberStr(tchChrs);
+  }
+
+  if ((s_iChr != iChr) || (s_iChrs != iChrs)) {
+    StringCchPrintf(tchStatusBar[STATUS_DOCCHAR], txtWidth, L"%s%s / %s%s",
+      g_mxSBPrefix[STATUS_DOCCHAR], tchChr, tchChrs, g_mxSBPostfix[STATUS_DOCCHAR]);
+
+    s_iChr = iChr;
+    s_iChrs = iChrs;
+    bIsUpdateNeeded = true;
+  }
+
+  // ------------------------------------------------------
+
+
   // number of selected chars in statusbar
   static WCHAR tchSel[32] = { L'\0' };
   static WCHAR tchSelB[64] = { L'\0' };
diff --git a/src/SciCall.h b/src/SciCall.h
index 752557bb0..0c9b6f338 100644
--- a/src/SciCall.h
+++ b/src/SciCall.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ DeclareSciCallR1(PositionAfter, POSITIONAFTER, DocPos, DocPos, position)
 DeclareSciCallR1(GetCharAt, GETCHARAT, char, DocPos, position)
 DeclareSciCallR0(GetEOLMode, GETEOLMODE, int)
 
+DeclareSciCallR2(CountCharacters, COUNTCHARACTERS, DocPos, DocPos, startpos, DocPos, endpos)
 DeclareSciCallR0(GetLineCount, GETLINECOUNT, DocLn)
 DeclareSciCallR0(GetTextLength, GETTEXTLENGTH, DocPos)
 DeclareSciCallR1(LineLength, LINELENGTH, DocPos, DocLn, line)
diff --git a/src/TypeDefs.h b/src/TypeDefs.h
index fd8f4d463..2c0cf9cc8 100644
--- a/src/TypeDefs.h
+++ b/src/TypeDefs.h
@@ -86,20 +86,21 @@ typedef enum { MBINFO = 0, MBWARN, MBYESNO, MBYESNOWARN, MBYESNOCANCEL, MBOKCANC
 typedef WCHAR prefix_t[MICRO_BUFFER];
 
 typedef enum {
-  STATUS_DOCLINE = 0, STATUS_DOCCOLUMN, STATUS_SELECTION, STATUS_SELCTBYTES, STATUS_SELCTLINES, STATUS_OCCURRENCE,
-  STATUS_DOCSIZE, STATUS_CODEPAGE, STATUS_EOLMODE, STATUS_OVRMODE, STATUS_2ND_DEF, STATUS_LEXER, STATUS_OCCREPLACE,
+  STATUS_DOCLINE = 0, STATUS_DOCCOLUMN, STATUS_SELECTION, STATUS_SELCTBYTES, STATUS_SELCTLINES,
+  STATUS_OCCURRENCE, STATUS_DOCSIZE, STATUS_CODEPAGE, STATUS_EOLMODE, STATUS_OVRMODE, STATUS_2ND_DEF,
+  STATUS_LEXER, STATUS_DOCCHAR, STATUS_OCCREPLACE,
   STATUS_SECTOR_COUNT,
   STATUS_HELP = 255
 } STATUS_SECTOR_T;
 
-#define SBS_INIT_ZERO  { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } 
-#define SBS_INIT_MINUS { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 } 
-#define SBS_INIT_ORDER { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12 }
+#define SBS_INIT_ZERO  { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } 
+#define SBS_INIT_MINUS { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 } 
+#define SBS_INIT_ORDER { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 }
 
-#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_PREFIXES L"Ln  ,Col  ,Sel  ,Sb  ,SLn  ,Occ  ,,,,,,,Repl  ,"
-#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_POSTFIXES L",,, [UTF-8],,, [UTF-8],,,,,,,"
-#define STATUSBAR_DEFAULT_IDS  L"0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12"
-#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_WIDTH_SPECS L"30 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
+#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_PREFIXES L"Ln  ,Col  ,Sel  ,Sb  ,SLn  ,Occ  ,,,,,,,Ch  ,Repl  ,"
+#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_POSTFIXES L",,, [UTF-8],,, [UTF-8],,,,,,,,"
+#define STATUSBAR_DEFAULT_IDS  L"0 1 12 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11"
+#define STATUSBAR_SECTION_WIDTH_SPECS L"30 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0"
 #define STAUSBAR_RIGHT_MARGIN 20
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------