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Improve Document Writing With Proofing Tips
Improve Document Writing With Proofing Tips
Improve Document Writing With Proofing Tips
1) Word Document writing: The readability statistic or 'Flesch reading-ease test' is a statistic
that attempts to quantify how difficult a text is to read. It considers several factors including
total words, total sentences and total syllables. The higher the score the easier it is to read,
vice versa:
a) To set-up document's readability and level statistics-
i) Go to File > Options.
ii) Select Proofing.
iii) Under When correcting spelling and grammar in Word, make sure to select
the Check grammar with spelling check box.
iv) Select Show readability statistics.
v) Return to your document.
vi) Select Spelling & Grammar.
vii) Correct or ignore any spelling or grammar corrections, and then Word opens the
Readability Statistics window with information about the reading level of the
document.
Example: Below snippet is from a A 25 page document has below scores and considered as a
good document in terms of understanding and readability.
2) How to avoid Weasel words in documents with Macro:
To Install Macro:
To Run:
1. In Word, select the "View" tab then click "View Macros" (Also ALT+F8)
2. Click "Run" to run the macro