MS Word - Macro that counts the number of "~" between two specific values

Hi All -

I could really use some help!

I have multiple files comprised of many smaller files. To identify the size of the smaller files, I have to count the number of "~" between two specific header segments. I have tried using the Find/Replace option. Currently, I am parsing the Word document by inserting a hard line return for each ~ and then copying the file to excel and completing the line count there - but that is becoming more difficult as I pass this process off to someone else.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Lesley