Also the object count that shows in the upper-right area will only count a face in the tally if it is specifically selected and not just if its parent object is selected.

So for example if you have a box and you select it, it will count that as 1 object selected, it won't count the 12 edge sub-objects and 6 face sub-objects in the count unless those are specifically selected by an edge or face sub-object selection.

- Michael